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Philomela

[ fil-uh-mee-luh ]

noun

  1. Classical Mythology. an Athenian princess who was raped by her brother-in-law Tereus and was subsequently avenged and transformed into a nightingale.
  2. (lowercase) philomel.


Philomela

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noun

  1. Greek myth an Athenian princess, who was raped and had her tongue cut out by her brother-in-law Tereus, and subsequently was transformed into a nightingale See Procne
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Reed also points to how quickly and straightforwardly Bitsy games can be self-published to a web page, not unlike Philomela for games made using Twine.

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I have taken the Procne and Philomela story from Ovid.

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He had two sisters, Procne and Philomela, noted for their misfortunes.

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The two had a son, Itys, and when he was five years old Procne, who had all this while been living in Thrace separated from her family, begged Tereus to let her invite her sister Philomela to visit her.

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There she saw Philomela, her very face and form, and Tereus equally unmistakable.

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