Philomela (English, name)
expansion: Philomela
Senses:
glosses: A female given name.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a bird by the gods.
tags: Greek
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The nightingale.
tags: literary
Forms:
form: Philomel
tags: alternative
archaic