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Calliope, the Glossary

In Greek mythology, Calliope (beautiful-voiced) is the Muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry; so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice.^[1]

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Ancient Greek epic poetry
Divine women of Zeus
Female lovers of Apollo
Greek Muses
Music and singing goddesses
Thraco-Macedonian mythology
Wisdom goddesses

Achelous

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Achelous (also Acheloos or Acheloios) (Ancient Greek: Ἀχελώϊος, and later Ἀχελῷος, Akhelôios) was the god associated with the Achelous River, the largest river in Greece. Calliope and Achelous are Metamorphoses characters.

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Aeneid

The Aeneid (Aenē̆is or) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

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Antarctica

Antarctica is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent.

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Apollo

Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology. Calliope and Apollo are Children of Zeus and Metamorphoses characters.

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Apollonius of Rhodes

Apollonius of Rhodes (Ἀπολλώνιος Ῥόδιος Apollṓnios Rhódios; Apollonius Rhodius; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece.

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Argonautica

The Argonautica (translit) is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. Calliope and Argonautica are ancient Greek epic poetry.

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Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)

The Bibliotheca (Ancient Greek: label), also known as the Bibliotheca of Pseudo-Apollodorus, is a compendium of Greek myths and heroic legends, genealogical tables and histories arranged in three books, generally dated to the first or second century CE.

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Calliope (music)

A calliope (see below for pronunciation) is a North American musical instrument that produces sound by sending a gas, originally steam or, more recently, compressed air, through large whistles—originally locomotive whistles.

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Calliope Beach

Calliope Beach (bryag Kaliopa) is the ice-free 2.9 km long beach on the north side of President Head, Snow Island in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

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Calliope hummingbird

The calliope hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) is the smallest bird native to the United States and Canada.

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Clio

In Greek mythology, Clio (Κλειώ), also spelled Kleio, Сleio, or Cleo, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre-playing. Calliope and Clio are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Greek goddesses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (– September 14, 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri and widely known and often referred to in English mononymously as Dante, was an Italian poet, writer, and philosopher.

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Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy (Divina Commedia) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun 1308 and completed around 1321, shortly before the author's death.

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Ecstasy (emotion)

Ecstasy is a subjective experience of total involvement of the subject with an object of their awareness.

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Eloquence

Eloquence (from French eloquence from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, elegant, persuasive, and forceful speech, persuading an audience.

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Epic poetry

An epic poem, or simply an epic, is a lengthy narrative poem typically about the extraordinary deeds of extraordinary characters who, in dealings with gods or other superhuman forces, gave shape to the mortal universe for their descendants.

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Erato

In Greek mythology, Erato (Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. Calliope and Erato are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Greek goddesses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Euripides

Euripides was a tragedian of classical Athens.

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Euterpe

Euterpe (lit, from well + to please) was one of the Muses in Greek mythology, presiding over music. Calliope and Euterpe are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses, Thraco-Macedonian mythology and Wisdom goddesses.

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Geographica

The Geographica (Γεωγραφικά, Geōgraphiká; Geographica or Strabonis Rerum Geographicarum Libri XVII, "Strabo's 17 Books on Geographical Topics") or Geography, is an encyclopedia of geographical knowledge, consisting of 17 'books', written in Greek in the late 1st century BC, or early 1st century AD, and attributed to Strabo, an educated citizen of the Roman Empire of Greek descent.

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Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology.

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Harmony

In music, harmony is the concept of combining different sounds together in order to create new, distinct musical ideas.

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Hesiod

Hesiod (or; Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

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Homer

Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.

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Iliad

The Iliad (Iliás,; " about Ilion (Troy)") is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Korybantes

According to Greek mythology, the Korybantes or Corybantes (also Corybants) (Κορύβαντες) were the armed and crested dancers who worshipped the Phrygian goddess Cybele with drumming and dancing. Calliope and Korybantes are Children of Zeus.

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Linus of Thrace

In Greek mythology, Linus (Ancient Greek: Λῖνος Linos "flax") was a reputed musician and master of eloquent speech.

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Magpie

Magpies are birds of various species of the family Corvidae.

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Melpomene

Melpomene (to sing' or 'the one that is melodious) is the Muse of tragedy in Greek mythology. Calliope and Melpomene are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Greek goddesses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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The Metamorphoses (Metamorphōsēs, from μεταμορφώσεις: "Transformations") is a Latin narrative poem from 8 CE by the Roman poet Ovid.

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Mnemosyne

In Greek mythology and ancient Greek religion, Mnemosyne (Μνημοσύνη) is the goddess of memory and the mother of the nine Muses by her nephew Zeus. Calliope and Mnemosyne are Divine women of Zeus, Greek goddesses and Metamorphoses characters.

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Mount Olympus

Mount Olympus (Ólympos) is an extensive massif near the Thermaic Gulf of the Aegean Sea, located on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Larissa and Pieria, about southwest from Thessaloniki.

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Muses

In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Moûsai, Múses) are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. Calliope and Muses are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Greek goddesses, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Muses in popular culture

Representations or analogues of one or more of the nine Muses of Greek mythology have appeared in many different modern fictional works. Calliope and Muses in popular culture are Greek Muses.

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Odyssey

The Odyssey (Odýsseia) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer.

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Oeagrus

In Greek mythology, Oeagrus (of the wild sorb-apple) was a king of Thrace, and father of Orpheus. Calliope and Oeagrus are Thraco-Macedonian mythology.

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Orpheus

In Greek mythology, Orpheus (Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation) was a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet. Calliope and Orpheus are Thraco-Macedonian mythology.

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Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid, was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus.

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Pierus of Emathia

In Greek mythology, Pierus (Πίερος) was the king of EmathiaAntoninus Liberalis, as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses in Macedonia.

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Pimpleia

Pimpleia (Ancient Greek: Πίμπλεια) was a city in Pieria in Ancient Greece, located near Dion and ancient Leivithra at Mount Olympus.

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Polyhymnia

Polyhymnia (lit), alternatively Polymnia (Πολύμνια), is, in Greek mythology, the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance and eloquence, as well as agriculture and pantomime. Calliope and Polyhymnia are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Potamoi

The Potamoi (Rivers) are the gods of rivers and streams of the earth in Greek mythology.

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Rhesus (play)

Rhesus (Ῥῆσος, Rhēsos) is an Athenian tragedy that belongs to the transmitted plays of Euripides.

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Rhesus of Thrace

Rhesus (Ancient Greek: Ῥῆσος Rhêsos) is a mythical king of Thrace in The Iliad who fought on the side of Trojans.

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Servius the Grammarian

Servius, distinguished as Servius the Grammarian (Servius or Seruius Grammaticus), was a late fourth-century and early fifth-century grammarian.

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Simon Vouet

Simon Vouet (9 January 1590 – 30 June 1649) was a French painter who studied and rose to prominence in Italy before being summoned by Louis XIII to serve as Premier peintre du Roi in France.

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Siren (mythology)

In Greek mythology, sirens (label; plural) are humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives.

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Strabo

StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.

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Strymon (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Strymon (/stryˈmɔːn/; Ancient Greek: Στρυμών) was a river-god and son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. Calliope and Strymon (mythology) are Thraco-Macedonian mythology.

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Terpsichore

In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (Τερψιχόρη, "delight in dancing") is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. Calliope and Terpsichore are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses, Thraco-Macedonian mythology and Wisdom goddesses.

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Thalia (Muse)

In Greek mythology, Thalia (or; Θάλεια; "the joyous, the flourishing", from θάλλειν, thállein; "to flourish, to be verdant"), also spelled Thaleia, was one of the Muses, the goddess who presided over comedy and idyllic poetry. Calliope and Thalia (Muse) are Children of Zeus, Greek Muses, Greek goddesses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Theogony

The Theogony (i.e. "the genealogy or birth of the gods") is a poem by Hesiod (8th–7th century BC) describing the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, composed.

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Thrace

Thrace (Trakiya; Thráki; Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe.

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Urania

Urania (Οὐρανία |Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name Ράνια Ránia; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. Calliope and Urania are Children of Zeus, Female lovers of Apollo, Greek Muses, Metamorphoses characters, music and singing goddesses and Wisdom goddesses.

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Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (traditional dates 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.

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Zeus

Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Calliope and Zeus are Metamorphoses characters.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope

Also known as Caliope, Calliope (Greek mythology), Kaliope, Kalliope, Ke'laɪepi, Kə'laɪəpi, Καλλιόπη.

, Thalia (Muse), Theogony, Thrace, Urania, Virgil, Zeus.

Calliope, the Glossary

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See also

Ancient Greek epic poetry

Divine women of Zeus

Female lovers of Apollo

Greek Muses

Music and singing goddesses

Thraco-Macedonian mythology

Wisdom goddesses

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