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Calliope

CALLIOPE, the muse of epic poetry, so named from the sweetness of her vioce . In Hesiod she was the last of the nine sisters, but yet enjoyed a supremacy over the others. (See also Muses, The.)

Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)

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