person
Philomela
Sister of Procne, outraged by Tereus and transformed into a bird; the chattering Bistonian bird of the lament.
Reading notes
- Agamemnon §687 the Bistonian bird
Philomela, Procne's sister outraged by the Thracian (Bistonian) king Tereus, turned into a bird that chatters out his crime.
- Hercules on Oeta §173 Philomela
Sister of Procne, mutilated by Tereus and changed into a bird; she 'fled her own face.'