Phĭlŏmēla, ae, f., = Φιλομήλη.
I Lit., daughter of Pandion , king of Athens , and sister of Progne; she was violated by her brother-in-law , Tereus , and was changed into a nightingale : respondeo, Natas ex Philomelā atque ex Progne esse hirundines, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 12; Hyg. Fab. 45; Ov. M. 6, 424 sq.; Verg. E. 6, 79 Serv.; Mart. 14, 75, 1.—
II Transf., the nightingale (poet.), Verg. G. 4, 511.—
B The swallow : mortalium penatibus fiducialis nidos philomela suspendit, Cassiod. Var. 8, 31.—
C The name of a play , Juv. 7, 92.