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Calliope [Kalʹ-lĭ-o-pe, 4 syl., Greek, καλoζ, pψ, beautiful voice].
The muse of epic or heroic poetry. Her emblems are a stylus and wax tablets. The painting of this Muse by Ercolana Ercolanetti (1615–1687) and her statue by Clementi (who died in 1580) are very celebrated.
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.