Philomel
6x4" enamel on copper with copper mesh and wire. Philomel was raped by her brother-in-law, Tereus, who then cut out her tongue so she wouldn't tell anyone. She wove a tapestry and sent it to her sister, Procne, who rescued her. Procne was so furious with her husband that she killed their son and served him to Tereus for supper. When Tereus saw Philomel with Procne and learned the fate of his son, he tore after them in rage an grief. During their flight, the gods changed Philomel to a nightengale, Procne to a sparrow, and Tereus into a red-eyed plover. Available