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Melpomene

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thalianoun	(Greek mythology) The Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry.
euterpenoun	(Greek mythology) The Muse of music and lyric poetry.
calliopenoun	A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds.
polyhymnianoun	(Greek mythology) The Muse of sacred music.
meletenoun	(astronomy) 56 Melete, a main belt asteroid.
emmeleianoun	A tragic dance in Ancient Greek theatre.
terpsichorenoun	(Greek mythology) The goddess of dance and the dramatic chorus, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne.
pieridesnoun	The Muses.
parthenopenoun	(historical) Former name of Naples: a port city in southwestern Italy.
musenoun	Of a person: a source of inspiration.
clionoun	(Greek mythology) The goddess of history and heroic poetry, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne.
eratonoun	(Greek mythology) The goddess of lyric poetry, particularly erotic poetry, eroticism, and mimic imitation, and one of the Muses; the daughters of Zeus & Mnemosyne. Usually depicted with a crown/wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre and a golden arrow and doves. Often accompanies Eros/Cupid.
meropenoun	(astronomy) The least bright star in the cluster in Taurus known as the Pleiades.
nemesisnoun	An enemy, especially an archenemy.
thamyrisnoun	(Greek mythology) A Thracian singer who challenged the Nine Muses to a competition and lost.
minervanoun	(Roman mythology) The goddess of wisdom, especially strategic warfare, and the arts, especially crafts and in particular weaving. She is the Roman counterpart of Athena.
philomelanoun	(Greek mythology) the sister of Procne who is raped and mutilated by her brother-in-law Tereus and supposedly transformed into a bird by the gods.
mnemosynenoun	(Greek mythology) A Titaness and the personification of thought, intellect and memory, who is the daughter of Gaia and Uranus, and the mother of the Muses by Zeus.
pleiadnoun	(astronomy, demonym) A member of the Pleiades cluster.
melinoenoun	(Greek mythology) An obscure figure, a daughter of Persephone and Zeus, or a daughter of Hades and Persephone, represented as a bringer of nightmares and madness.