Arts and Letters
- An abbreviated form of the name Philomela, a figure in Greek mythology often invoked as a symbol in literature.
- Philomel (musical instrument), similar to the violin
- Philomel Books An American publishing imprint of Penguin Group
- Philomèle, a lost opera written in 1690 by French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier
- Philomèle, an opera written in 1705 by French composer Louis de La Coste
- Philomel (Babbitt), a 1964 musical composition by American composer Milton Babbitt
- Philomel, the literary magazine of the Philomathean Society of the University of Pennsylvania
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