In Greek mythology, Philomele () or Philomela (; ) may refer to the following women:
Philomela, the Athenian daughter of King Pandion of Athens and Zeuxippe. She got her tongue cut out by Tereus who also raped her and, by weaving characters in a robe, revealed her own sorrows to her sister Procne, wife of Tereus. Philomela was turned into a swallow or into a nightingale.Apollodorus, 3.14.8; Hyginus, Fabulae 45 Philomela, daughter of King Danaus of Argos as one of the Danaids. She married her paternal cousin Panthius, son of Aegyptus, and eventually killed him on their wedding night following the instructions of her father.Hyginus, Fabulae 170 Philomela, daughter of Actor and the wife of Peleus, by whom she is said to have been the mother of Achilles.Scholia ad Apollonius Rhodius, 1.558 Philomela, wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus.Hyginus, Fabulae 97 Philomela, appeared on the list of children of King Priam of Troy.Hyginus, Fabulae 90
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Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.