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Melpomene

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Mel·pom·e·ne  (ml-pm-n)
n. Greek Mythology
The Muse of tragedy.
[Greek Melpomen, from feminine present middle participle of melpein, to sing.]
Melpomene [mel-pom-in-nee]
Noun
Greek myth the Muse of tragedy
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Noun1.MelpomeneMelpomene - (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy
Greek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks
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75-103) These things, then, the Muses sang who dwell on Olympus, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Cleio and Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene and Terpsichore, and Erato and Polyhymnia and Urania and Calliope (3), who is the chiefest of them all, for she attends on worshipful princes: whomsoever of heaven-nourished princes the daughters of great Zeus honour, and behold him at his birth, they pour sweet dew upon his tongue, and from his lips flow gracious words.
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