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Tuesday, November 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31
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Philomela
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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Daughter of Pandion, king of Athens, and sister of Progne; she was the victim of an outrage committed by her brother-in-law Tereus, who cut out her tongue to prevent her exposing him, and kept her in close confinement; here she found means of communicating with her sister, when the two, to avenge the wrong, made away with Itys, Tereus' son, and served him up to his father at a banquet; the fury of Tereus on the discovery knew no bounds, but they escaped his vengeance, Philomela by being changed into a nightingale and Progne into a swallow.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Philomela'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/philomela.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Philomela'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/p/philomela.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
