Calliope

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