![]() ![]() Pangaios (Pangaeus), and waited there that he might see the rising of the sun and that Dionysos, in his wrath, sent against him the Bassarides (as Aeschylus tells the story), who tore him to pieces and scattered his members, which were collected and buried by the Mousai (Muses) in Leibethra." Presumably Kalliope appeared towards the end of the play lamenting her son. Weir Smyth (L.C.L.) summarises evidence for the plot : "Eratosthenes, Catasterismoi, says of Orpheus that he paid no honour to Dionysos, but considered Helios (the Sun) to be the greatest of the gods and addressed him as Apollon that, by making haste during the night, he reached at dawn the summit of Mt. "Orpheus, Kalliope's (Calliope's) son, he of the intricate muse, was the first to beget the tortoise-shell lyre in Pieria."Īeschylus, Bassarae or Bassarides (lost play) (Greek tragedy C5th B.C.) :Īeschylus' lost play Bassarae described the death of Orpheus, son of Kalliope (Calliope). child of the lovely-haired Mousa (Muse)." Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : "Orpheus of the intricate music, son of Kalliope (Calliope)."īacchylides, Fragment 28 (trans. ![]() Greek Lyric II) (Greek lyric C7th B.C.) : Terpander, Fragment 15 (from Timotheus, the Persians) (trans. "The son of Oiagros (Oeagrus), Orpheus of the golden sword." ![]() "And from Oiagros (Oeagrus) and Kalliope (Calliope) Orpheus." Homerica, Of the Origin of Homer & Hesiod & of their Contest, Fragment 1 (trans. Kleio (Clio), and Erato who charms the sight, with thee, Euterpe, ministering delight : Thalia flourishing, Polymnia famed, Melpomene from skill in music named : Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania) heavenly bright."ĬALLIOPE & HER SON ORPHEUS Muse Calliope, Athenian red-figure pyxis C5th B.C., Museum of Fine Arts Boston "Mnemosyne the Mousai (Muses), the eldest of whom was Kalliope (Calliope), followed by Kleio (Clio), Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania), Thaleia (Thalia), and Polymnia." Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "The Mousai (Muses) sang who dwell on Olympos, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Kleio (Clio) and Euterpe, Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene and Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), and Erato and Polymnia (Polyhymnia) and Ourania (Urania) and Kalliope (Calliope)." Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : THE KORYBANTES (by Zeus) (Strabo 10.3.19)ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE OF CALLIOPE ORPHEUS (Terpander Frag 15, Timotheus Frag 791, Pausanias 9.30.1, Philostratus Younger 11, Callistratus 7) ) ORPHEUS (by Oiagros) (Pindar Dirges Frag 139, Bacchylides Frag 28, Apollodorus 1.15, Apollonius Rhodius 1.24, Hyginus Fabulae 14, Nonnus Dionysiaca 13.430) ORPHEUS, LINOS (by Apollon) (Apollodorus 1.15) ZEUS (Alcman Frag, Hyginus Astronomica 2.7) OFFSPRING ![]() ZEUS & MNEMOSYNE (Hesiod Theogony 75, Apollodorus 1.13, Diodorus Siculus 4.7.1, Orphic Hymn 76) Her name means "beautiful-voiced" from the Greek words kallos and ops. When her son was dismembered by the Bakkhantes (Bacchantes), she recovered his head and enshrined on the island of Lesbos. Kalliope was the mother of the bard Orpheus. In this guise she was portrayed holding a tablet and stylus or a scroll. In the Classical era, when the Muses were assigned specific artistic spheres, Kalliope was named Muse of epic poetry. She was also the goddess of eloquence, who bestowed her gift on kings and princes. KALLIOPE (Calliope) was the eldest of the Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. Beautiful-Voiced Muse Calliope, Greco-Roman marble statue C2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum ![]()
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