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Philomela (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ m iː l ə /) or Philomel (/ ˈ f ɪ l ə ˌ m ɛ l /; Ancient Greek: Φιλομήλη, Philomēlē; Φιλομήλα Philomḗla) is a minor figure in Greek mythology who is frequently invoked as a direct and figurative symbol in literary and artistic works in the Western canon.
Philomena (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ m iː n ə / FIL-ə-MEE-nə), also known as Saint Philomena (Ancient Greek: Ἁγία Φιλουμένη, romanized: Hagía Philouménē; Modern Greek: Αγία Φιλομένα, romanized: Agía Filoména) or Philomena of Rome (c. 10 January 291 – c. 10 August 304) was a virgin martyr whose remains were ...
Philomelus (/ ˌ f ɪ l ə ˈ m iː l ə s /; Greek: Φιλόμηλος, romanized: Philómēlos), Philomêlos or Philomenus / f ɪ ˈ l ɒ m ɪ n ə s / was a minor Greek demi-god, patron of husbandry, tillage/ploughing and agriculture. His name means 'friend of ease' from philos and mêlos.
In Greek mythology, Philomela (Ancient Greek: Φιλομήλα) is identified by Gaius Julius Hyginus as the wife of Menoetius and mother of Patroclus. [1] [2] The former was one of the Argonauts and the latter a participant of the Trojan War. However, the Bibliotheca listed three other wives of Menoetius and possible mothers of Patroclus: [3]
Baucis and Philemon were an old married couple in the region of Tyana, which Ovid places in Phrygia, and the only ones in their town to welcome disguised gods Zeus and Hermes (in Roman mythology, Jupiter and Mercury respectively), thus embodying the pious exercise of hospitality, the ritualized guest-friendship termed xenia, or theoxenia when a ...
Procne (/ ˈ p r ɒ k n i /; Ancient Greek: Πρόκνη, Próknē [pró.knɛː]) or Progne is a minor figure in Greek mythology. She was an Athenian princess as the elder daughter of a king of Athens named Pandion. Procne was married to the king of Thrace, Tereus, who instead lusted after her sister Philomela. Tereus forced himself on ...
Filomena is a form of the Greek female given name Philomena. [1] It means "friend of strength" (φίλος : phílos "friend, lover" and μένος : ménos "mind, purpose, strength, courage") or "loved one" (φιλουμένη : philouménē meaning "loved"). [ 2 ]
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