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|Text=[[File:woodhouse_1004.jpg|thumb|link={{filepath:woodhouse_1004.jpg}}]][[Καλλιόπη]], ἡ.
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|lshtext=<b>Callĭŏpē</b>: ēs (Callĭŏpēa, ae, Verg. E. 4, 57; Prop. 1, 2, 28; Ov. F. 5, 80; cf. Prisc. p. 563 P.), f., = [[Καλλιόπη]]> and Καλλιόπεια ([[fine]]-voiced),<br /><b>I</b> the [[chief]] of the Muses, [[goddess]] of Epic [[poetry]], and, in the poets, [[sometimes]] of [[every]] [[other]] [[kind]] of [[poetry]] (e.g. the lyric, Hor. C. 3, 4, 1 sqq.; of [[amatory]] [[poetry]], Ov. Tr. 2, 568; of [[rural]] [[poetry]], Col. 10, 225; cf. Jahn, Trist. p. 198); the [[mother]] of [[Orpheus]] by Œagrus, Hyg. Fab. 14; acc. to Serv. ad Verg. A. 5, 864, the [[mother]] of the Sirens by Acheloüs; Lucr. 6, 94; cf. Prop. 2, 1, 3; Ov. M. 5, 339; Aus. Idyll. 20, 7; Anthol. Lat. I. p. 73, 9; Mart. 4, 31, 8. To her Hor. C. 3, 4, is addressed.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> (Per syllepsin.) All the Muses, Verg. A. 9, 525.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> (Per synecdochen.) Poetry, Ov. Tr. 2, 568.— Hence, Callĭŏpēĭus, a, um, adj., = Καλλιοπήϊος, of [[Calliope]]: [[puer]], i. e. [[Hymenaeus]], Anthol. Lat. VI. p. 89, 77: musici, Firm. Math. 7, 25.
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