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Melpomene

Melpomene · f

the muse of tragic and lyric poetry

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Melpŏmĕnē — Lewis & Short

Melpŏmĕnē, ēs, f., *melpome/nh (the songstress),

I the muse of tragic and lyric poetry: Melpomene, cui liquidam pater Vocem cum citharā dedit, Hor. C. 1, 24, 3; Mart. 4, 37, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2.

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