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Story of Philomela (The Nightingale in Greek Mythology) Leave a Comment / Ancient Greek Mythology / 5 minutes of reading. Procne, the elder of the two sisters, was married to Tereus of Thrace, a son of Ares, who proved to have inherited all his father’s detestable qualities.
The story of Tereus and Philomela: summary. Philomela and Procne were sisters, daughters of Pandion, King of Athens. A Thracian man, Tereus, married Procne. However, Tereus desired his sister-in-law, Philomela, and he took her by force.
Ovid’s story of Philomela, the virginal girl raped by her brother-in-law Tereus and subjected to the removal of her tongue, is perhaps surprising in its popularity with early modern writers.
Philomela (/ ˌfɪləˈmiːlə /) or Philomel (/ ˈfɪləˌmɛl /; Greek: Φιλομήλη, Philomēlē; ΦιλομήλαPhilomḗla) is a minor figure in Greek mythology who is frequently invoked as a direct and figurative symbol in literary and artistic works in the Western canon. Family.
Ovid’s story of Philomela, the virginal girl raped by her brother-in-law Tereus and subjected to the removal of her tongue, is perhaps surprising in its popularity with early modern writers.
The story of Philomela, or rather the story of Philomela's retold story, is one of the best-known of the Attic legends, a source of inspiration for many beleaguered poets who have used the legend to celebrate, or lament, their own insufficiently acknowledged ability.
