Calliope

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

Parentage

• father: ZeusHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)
• mother: MnemosyneHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)

Children

• Orpheus

Domains

• epic poetry

Powers

• Inspire epic song

Epithets

• προφερεστάτη grc · propherestate · epithetforemost (of the Muses)Hesiod, Theogony 79 (primary)

Relations

• lover: OeagrusApollod. 1.3.2; Apoll. Rhod. 1.23-25 (primary)
• mother of: OrpheusApoll. Rhod. 1.23-25; Apollod. 1.3.2 (primary)
• father: ZeusHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)
• mother: MnemosyneHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)
• counterpart of: CalliopeTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns 75 (Taylor; modern 76) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod Theogony 75-80, 915-917; Apollodorus 1.3.1-2; Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.23-25 (primary)