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Philomela definition

Philo·mela (fil′ə mē′lə)

noun

  1. Gr. Myth. a princess of Athens raped by Tereus, husband of her sister Procne: the gods change Philomela into a nightingale, Procne into a swallow, and Tereus into a hawk
  2. philomel

Etymology: L < Gr < philein, to love + melos, song

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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