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Philomel (iou)



Philomel noun. , Philomene. LME.
[Latin philomela from Greek philomela nightingale from Philomela, Procne's sister in Greek mythol., who was transformed into a nightingale (or, in some accounts, a swallow). Var. with -n- from medieval Latin philomena, alt. of Latin (perh. by assoc. with Greek Melpomene the muse of tragedy). Cf. PROGNE.]
The nightingale.