The Nine Muses - Calliope (Epic Poetry) (1780). Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (German, 1722-17
The Nine Muses - Calliope (Epic Poetry) (1780). Johann Heinrich Tischbein the Elder (German, 1722-1789). Oil on canvas. Neue Galerie - Museumslandschaft Hessen Kassel.Calliope is depicted as holding a writing tablet, since she often provided inspiration to those who would write the poetry. Her name, Calliope, means “beautiful-voiced” in Ancient Greek. In Ancient Greece, the epic poems were set to music and sung. -- source link
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