Associations to the word «Philomela»
Noun
- Nightingale
- Ovid
- Thrace
- Metamorphosis
- Swallow
- Heracles
- Wren
- Tapestry
- Pandora
- Athens
- Rape
- Tongue
- Myth
- Titus
- Mythology
- Nymph
- Lust
- Zeus
- Greek
- Hawk
- Sister
- Homer
- Shakespeare
- Poem
- Tragedy
- Echo
- Miss
- Bird
- Daughter
- Sing
- Aunt
- Revenge
- Cult
- Tale
- Poet
- Story
- Wife
- Poetry
- Legend
- Cook
- Son
- Husband
- Symbol
- King
- Slave
- Silence
- Hero
- Love
- Novel
- Father
- Lady
- Kill
- Crime
- God
- Mother
- Version
- Brother
- Northern
- Woman
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Wiktionary
PHILOMELA, proper noun. A minor figure in Ancient Greek mythology, a princess of Athens who was transformed into a nightingale.
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.