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PHILOMELA

1. A daughter of king Pandion in Attica, who, being dishonoured by her brother-in-law Tereus, was metamorphosed into a nightingale or swallow.

2. The mother of Patroclus, though it should be observed that she is commonly called Polymele.

3. A daughter of Actor, and the 'wife of Peleus, by whom she is said to have been the mother of Achilles.

4. One of the daughters of Priam.

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