Φιλο·μήλα, ας (ἡ) [ῐᾱ] Philomèla, sœur de Proknè et fille de Pandiôn, changée en hirondelle, DÉM. 1397, 28 ; APD. 3, 14, 8.

➳ Ion. Φιλομήλη, NONN. D. 12, 75.

Étym. φ. -μήλα p.-ê. p. allong. de μέλος.

Proper name: PHILOMELA (Φιλομήλα). 1. A daughter of king Pandion in Attica, who, being dishonoured by her brother-in-law Tereus, was metamorphosed into a nightingale or swallow. (Apollod. iii. 14. § 8; comp. Tereus.) 2. The mother of Patroclus (Hygin. Fab. 97), though it should be observed that she is commonly called Polymele. (Schol. ad Hom. Od. iv. 343, xvii. 134.) 3. A daughter of Actor, and the wife of Peleus, by whom she is said to have been the mother of Achilles. (Schol. ad Apollon. Rhod. i. 558; comp. Peleus.) 4. One of the daughters of Priam. (Hygin. Fab. 90.) (Wikisource | public domain)

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