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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.
Not so, the love-hot Tereus, king of Thrace, who, sleepless, imaged in his doting mind the form of Philomela, recalled the shape of her fair hands, and in his memory reviewed her movements. And his flaming heart pictured her beauties yet unseen.—He fed his frenzy on itself, and could not sleep.
The killing of Itys (furiali caede, 657) strikingly recalls Tereus’ treatment of Philomela in the woods : Procne drags Itys off to a remote part of the house, like a tigress with a fawn, just as Tereus took Philomela to a secluded spot, like a wolf with a lamb or an eagle with a dove ; Procne ignores the child’s cry of ‘mater, mater ...
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 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.
Following, at times, Ovid’s plot, in Tennant’s story Philomela is taken, forced, and raped by Tereus who, having cut out her tongue, leaves her imprisoned in a castle and tells Procne that she has died.
The story of modern 'Bulbbul', 'Philomela' from Greek mythology and the myth of 'Ahalya' from Hindu theology are the narratives of women who are molested by powerful males.
