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Calliope

noun

(Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry.

A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard. Synonym: steam organ.

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"Calliope" Quotes from Famous Books

... and Mascagni of Turin took up the parable, and charged Bramante with begging for a pair of shoes, when all the while he was receiving five ducats a week from the duke, and was secretly hoarding up a store of gold. To this Bramante replied in a sonnet full of allusions to Calliope, Erato, and all the Muses, begging his friends for pity's sake to give him a crown, if they would not see him left barefoot and naked to battle with rude Boreas. A whole series of curious sonnets from ...

— Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, 1475-1497 • Julia Mary Cartwright

... with the spirit of western civilization—perhaps it would be better to say, with the spirit of their classic ancestors. Primary, secondary and normal schools, asylums, hospitals, societies—all for women and generally managed by women—are found in all the Greek centers of Turkey. Calliope A. Kechayia, the cultured principal of the Zappion, the famous girls' ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various

Words linked to "Calliope" : muse, musical instrument, instrument, Greek mythology, steam whistle