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Calliope   /kəlˈaɪəpˌi/   Listen
Calliope

noun
1.
(Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry.
2.
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



... street and in St. Charles there showed a fierceness of pain in the cheers, and the march was by platoons. At the hotel General Brodnax and staff joined and led it—up St. Charles, around Tivoli Circle, and so at last into Calliope street. ...
— Kincaid's Battery • George W. Cable

... the daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne (Memory). They presided over song, and prompted the memory. They were nine in number, to each of whom was assigned the presidence over some particular department of literature, art, or science. Calliope was the muse of epic poetry, Clio of history, Euterpe of lyric poetry, Melpomene of tragedy, Terpsichore of choral dance and song, Erato of love poetry, Polyhymnia of sacred poetry, Urania of astronomy, ...
— Bulfinch's Mythology • Thomas Bulfinch

... Calliope speede her to the place, Where my Goddesse shines; And after her the other Muses trace With their Violines. Bene they not Bay braunches which they do beare, All for Elisa in her hand to weare? So sweetely they play, And sing all the way, ...
— Book of English Verse • Bulchevy

... as Mary was concerned, might have been a siren whistle or a steam calliope. She was watching the man of the bald head and the double chins, who had walked off with her shilling. Down the central aisle went the pompous gentleman at last in company with two others, and the three plates were received by the rector ...
— The Little Colonel's Chum: Mary Ware • Annie Fellows Johnston

... was the son of Bartolommeo della Vite, a citizen of good position, and Calliope, the daughter of Maestro Antonio Alberto of Ferrara, a passing good painter in his day, as is shown by his works at Urbino and elsewhere. While Timoteo was still a child, his father dying, he was left to the care of his mother Calliope, with good ...
— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto • Giorgio Vasari



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



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