Melpomene

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Mel·pom·e·ne

M0208900 (mĕl-pŏm′ə-nē′) n. Greek Mythology The Muse of tragedy.

[Latin Melpomenē, from Greek, from feminine present middle participle of melpein, to sing (especially to the accompaniment of the cithara), of unknown origin.]

Melpomene

(mɛlˈpɒmɪnɪ) n (Classical Myth & Legend) Greek myth the Muse of tragedy

Mel•pom•e•ne

(mɛlˈpɒm əˌni)

n. the Muse of tragedy. [< Latin Melpomenē < Greek Melpoménē= feminine of present participle of mélpesthai to sing]

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Melpomene - (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedyGreek mythology - the mythology of the ancient Greeks

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Мельпомена

Melpomene

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Melpomene

(mĕlpŏm`ənē'): see MusesMuses,
in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence; Euterpe, of music or of lyric poetry; Erato, of the poetry of
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Melpomene

in ancient Greek mythology, one of the nine muses, the patroness of tragedy. Melpomene was depicted wearing a garland of grape leaves and holding a tragic mask and a club. In a figurative sense, Melpomene is tragedy or sometimes the theater in general.

Melpomene

Greek myth the Muse of tragedy

Melpomene

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Related to Melpomene: clangour, Melpomene Muse

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noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy

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