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PRONUNCIATION OF PHILOMELA

Philomela  [ˌfɪləʊˈmiːlə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PHILOMELA

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Philomela is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PHILOMELA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Philomela

Philomela

Philomela or Philomel is a minor figure in Greek mythology and is frequently invoked as a direct and figurative symbol in literary, artistic, and musical works in the Western canon. She is identified as being the "princess of Athens" and the younger of two daughters of Pandion I, King of Athens and Zeuxippe. Her sister, Procne, was the wife of King Tereus of Thrace. While the myth has several variations, the general depiction is that Philomela, after being raped and mutilated by her sister's husband, Tereus, obtains her revenge and is transformed into a nightingale, a migratory passerine bird native to Europe and southwest Asia noted for its song. Because of the violence associated with the myth, the song of the nightingale is often depicted or interpreted as a sorrowful lament. Coincidentally, in nature, the female nightingale is mute and only the male of the species sings. Ovid and other writers have made the association that the etymology of her name was "lover of song," derived from the Greek φιλο- and μέλος instead of μῆλον. The name means "lover of fruit," "lover of apples," or "lover of sheep."...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PHILOMELA


candela
kænˈdiːlə
concealer
kənˈsiːlə
dealer
ˈdiːlə
healer
ˈhiːlə
keeler
ˈkiːlə
mealer
ˈmiːlə
mela
ˈmiːlə
mochila
məʊˈtʃiːlə
peeler
ˈpiːlə
sealer
ˈsiːlə
selah
ˈsiːlə
sheila
ˈʃiːlə
spieler
ˈʃpiːlə
stela
ˈstiːlə
tela
ˈtiːlə
tequila
tɪˈkiːlə
two-wheeler
ˌtuːˈwiːlə
Vela
ˈviːlə
velar
ˈviːlə
wheeler
ˈwiːlə

WORDS THAT END LIKE PHILOMELA

Akela
Arbela
Benguela
Cela
chela
Compostela
dumela
favela
Hela
Kerbela
Kumbh Mela
kwela
Mandela
pela
Santiago de Compostela
Tugela
Venezuela
vuvuzela
weigela
zarzuela

Synonyms and antonyms of Philomela in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Philomela» into 25 languages

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菲勒
1,325 millions of speakers

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Philomela
570 millions of speakers

English

Philomela
510 millions of speakers

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Philomela
380 millions of speakers
ar

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Philomela
280 millions of speakers

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Philomela
278 millions of speakers

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Philomela
270 millions of speakers

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Philomela
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Philomèle
220 millions of speakers

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Philomela
190 millions of speakers

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Philomela
180 millions of speakers

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Philomela
130 millions of speakers

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Philomela
85 millions of speakers

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Philomela
85 millions of speakers
vi

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Philomela
80 millions of speakers

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Philomela
75 millions of speakers

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फिलोमेला
75 millions of speakers

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Philomela
70 millions of speakers

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Filomela
65 millions of speakers

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Philomela
50 millions of speakers

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Philomela
40 millions of speakers

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Philomela
30 millions of speakers
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Φιλομήλα
15 millions of speakers
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Philomela
14 millions of speakers
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Philomela
10 millions of speakers
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Philomela
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Philomela

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILOMELA»

The term «Philomela» is normally little used and occupies the 120.185 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PHILOMELA» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Philomela

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PHILOMELA»

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Reading "The Waste Land": Modernism and the Limits of ...
But be drunk."15 In other words, transcend the relational. The montage is ended by the sounds of birds: Twit twit twit Jug jug jug jug jug jug So rudely forc'd. Tereu This brief stanza is an allusion to the myth of Philomela and her sister Procne, ...
Jewel Spears Brooker, 1992
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Greene's Philomela. Greene's Arcadia. Southwell's The ...
not suffer him ; but inquired what countryman he was ? He answered, "A Venetian;" " and that is the reason," quoth he, " that I am desirous to have a sight of him." PHILOMELA hearing that he was a Venetian, asked him what news from Venice.
Sir Egerton Brydges, 1815
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The Theater of Teaching and the Lessons of Theater
Tereus, Pandion, and Philomela react to the play differently. Tereus thinks the play condones vice, while Philomela admires Phaedra's love for Hippolytus. " Love is a god and you cannot control him" (303). Philomela pities Phaedra, insisting ...
Domnica Radulescu, Maria Stadter Fox, 2005
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Gods and Heroes of the Greeks: The Library of Apollodorus
Hyginus Fabulae 45, however, says that after Tereus married Procne he returned to Athens to ask Pandion to allow him to marry Philomela, saying that Procne had died. Pandion gave Philomela to him and sent guards with her. Tereus threw ...
Apollodorus, 1976
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Museum of Words: The Poetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery
ences to her omit or suppress: the picture of rape woven by Philomela herself. In Renaissance versions of the Philomela story, the closest we get to its ekphrastic center is in Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus (circa 1594), where Titus's daughter  ...
James A. W. Heffernan, 2004
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Metamorphoses
Ovid's Metamorphoses gains its ideal twenty-first-century herald in Stanley Lombardo's bracing translation of a wellspring of Western art and literature that is too often treated, even by poets, as a mere vehicle for the scores of myths it ...
Ovid, Stanley Lombardo, 2010
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The Semiotics of Rape in Renaissance English Literature
Writers such as Sidney engaged with the myth of Philomela because of its familiarity to their audience and its usefulness as a trope for extreme pain and anguish. For example, when Sidney describes the narrator's pain of unrequited love in ...
Lee A. Ritscher, 2009
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The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde
That a story whose central character is a Nightingale follows directly 'The Happy Prince' which has a Swallow as a key figure, signals the importance of the myth of Philomela to Wilde's imagination. The Greek myth of Philomela is centrally ...
Dr Jarlath Killeen, 2013
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Weaving the Word: The Metaphorics of Weaving and Female ...
Then, he locks her in a hut and places a guard outside the door, returns home to Procne, and tells her that Philomela died on the return journey. In the second part of the myth the sisters avenge Tereus' aberrant brutality by preparing for him an ...
Kathryn Sullivan Kruger, 2001
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Encyclopedia of Greek and Roman Mythology
According to Apollodorus, Procne and Philomela were daughters of King Pandion of Athens. King Tereus of Thrace was summoned by Pandion to help him in a war with Thebes over a boundary dispute. Pandion subsequently gave in ...
Luke Roman, Monica Roman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PHILOMELA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Philomela is used in the context of the following news items.
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Learning the art of bannock-making at the Calgary Stampede
Stampede Bannock Sun Scribe Laura (left) tries her had at making bannock with Interpreter Philomela Many Bears (right) at the Stampede ... «Calgary Sun, Jul 15»
2
Columbia Undergrads Say Greek Mythology Needs a 'Trigger …
In one story, a woman named Philomela is raped by her sister's husband, who after the act cuts out her tongue to keep her silent. Another ... «TIME, May 15»
3
Owners of building lot sue neighbor over code violations that make …
Pamela Bernard and Blaine Bernard filed suit against Philomela Hefler in the 24th Judicial District Court on March 25. The Bernards assert they ... «The Louisiana Record, May 15»
4
URSA: encouraging new ideas
The title of Bermudez's project is “Timberlake Wertenbaker's The Love of the Nightingale: Transformation of the Philomela Myth to Drama and ... «The Rider News, Apr 15»
5
7 cool text games with less than 300 words
... Jam itself, you can always still make a tiny Twine on your own—or a big one, if you're ambitious—and publish it on the hosting site Philomela. «Boing Boing, Apr 15»
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British author John le Carre's granddaughter debuts as a novelist
... of the men in their lives and as victims of violence, from the Greek myth of abused Philomela to Spider-Man's murdered girlfriend Gwen Stacy. «The Star Online, Apr 15»
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Hoag Lecture Series: Marjorie Agosín and the Brave Acts of the …
Agosín related the acts of the arpilleristas to the Greek myth of Philomela, the “princess of Athens” who was raped by her sister's husband ... «Vanguard Dahlonega, Mar 15»
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Tara Mae Mulroy: Work in Progress
Memphis poet Tara Mae Mulroy, author of the chapbook Philomela (Dancing Girl Press), teaches middle school Latin at St. George's ... «Memphis Flyer, Feb 15»
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Medusa, If We Were Birds open this week
It tells the tale of sisters Philomela and Procne, and, according to the description, “Shields spins this tale into a modern parable about the ... «The Kingston Whig-Standard, Jan 15»
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A Contemporary Twist on Rubens's Legacy
Instead, she presents “Voice of the Shuttle (Philomela)” (2014-15), her previously unshown version of a myth depicted by Rubens in “The ... «New York Times, Jan 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Philomela [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/philomela>. Apr 2024 ».
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