Philonome (daughter of Tragasus)

For other uses, see Philonome (mythology).

In Greek mythology, Philonome (Ancient Greek: Φιλονόμη, romanized: Philonómē, lit. 'pasture-loving') or Phylonome is the daughter of Tragasus and second wife of king Cycnus, thus stepmother to his children Tenes and Hemithea. She features in a short myth where she falsely accuses her stepson of rape to his father after failing to seduce him herself. Philonome's myth is a typical example of the "Potiphar's wife", a common motif in mythology and folklore.

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