Philomela

Philomela, in the Greek mythology, was daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, and sister of Progne. She was the victim of an outrage committed by her brother-in-law Tereus, who cut out her tongue to prevent her exposing him, and kept her in close confinement. Here she found means of communicating with her sister, when the two, to avenge the wrong, made away with Itys, Tereus' son, and served him up to his father at a banquet. The fury of Tereus on the discovery knew no bounds, but they escaped his vengeance, Philomela by being changed into a nightingale and Progne into a swallow.

Nearby pages
Philopoemon, Philosophe, Philosopher's Stone, Philosophy of Common-Sense, Philoxenus, Philtre