god
Calliope
also: Calliope
The eldest and chief of the Muses; she sings the great hymn of Ceres and Proserpina for the contest with the Pierides.
Reading notes
- Metamorphoses §5.109 Calliope
The eldest and chief of the Muses, who sings for them all the great hymn of Ceres and Proserpina.
- Metamorphoses §10.293 mother Muse
Calliope, the Muse, mother of Orpheus, whom he invokes.