Greek mythology
Philomela
Princess whose woven cloth told of a brutal crime
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Mortal
- Appears in
- Philomela, Procne, and Tereus
Philomela is the Athenian princess raped and silenced by Tereus, who cuts out her tongue. Voiceless, she weaves the truth into a tapestry and sends it to her sister Procne. In vengeance the sisters strike at Tereus through his own child, and the gods transform Philomela into a nightingale.
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