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MYTHOLOGY MEME | (6/6) NYMPHS OR MUSES
CALLIOPE was the eldest of the Muses, the goddesses of music, song and dance. She was also the goddess of eloquence, who bestowed her gift on kings and princes. In Classical times, when the Muses were assigned specific artistic spheres, Calliope was named Muse of epic poetry. In this guise she was portrayed holding a tablet and stylus or a scroll, or as wearing a gold crown. According to Hesiod, she was also the wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive. One account says Calliope was the lover of the war god Ares, and bore him several sons. Calliope also had two famous sons, Orpheus and Linus, by either Apollo or the king Oeagrus of Thrace. (x) (x)
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