Calliope

Greek · deity · primordial · deity

Eldest of the nine Muses; patron of epic poetry. Mother of Orpheus by the mortal Thracian king Oeagrus.

Children

Orpheus

Domains

epic poetry

Powers

Inspire epic song

Epithets

προφερεστάτη

Relations

lover: Oeagrus
mother of: Orpheus

Sources

Hesiod Theogony 75-80, 915-917; Apollodorus 1.3.1-2; Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.23-25

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