She was a dutiful wife, and did not set up her own will against his. […] To prevent Philomela from ever proclaiming it, he cut her tongue out, and then returned to his own house. […] Progne entreated Philomela to cease from weeping, and to go with her to her own house. […] She boasted of her own beauty, and said that she was handsomer than Juno or the Nereides. […] Thus the trial ended, and we claimed for our own the district of Emathia.