The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700

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Philomela ( - )

Philomela is a minor figure in Greek mythology who is turned into a nightingale. Dictionary of National Biography entry: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199545568.001.0001/acref-9780199545568-e-5001?rskey=wrSQUP&result=3 Other biography: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philomela References in Documents:
Thoresby, Musaeum Thoresbyanum (1713) 109. The Legend of Ladyse, viz. Lucrese, Adryana, Phylomene, Phylles, Yparmystre, and Sysmonda in old Englishe Rhime (knafe for servant.) Don. D. Sam. Smith Ebor.