This article is about a figure in Greek mythology. For other uses of "Philomela" or "Philomel", see Philomela (disambiguation) and Philomel.
Procne and Philomela carving up Itys, Temple of Apollo, Thermos, terracotta metope, c. 630-625 BC"The Rape of Philomela by Tereus", engraved by Virgil Solis for a 1562 edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Book VI, 519–562)