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  1. shinichi Post author

    Erato

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erato

    In Greek mythology, Erato /ˈɛrətoʊ/ (Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean “desired” or “lovely”, if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica.

    Erato is the Muse of lyric poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she has mostly been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument often associated with Apollo. In Simon Vouet’s representations, two turtle-doves are eating seeds at her feet. Other representations may show her holding a golden arrow, reminding one of the “eros”, the feeling that she inspires in everybody, and at times she is accompanied by the god Eros, holding a torch.

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    Erato was named with the other muses in Hesiod’s Theogony. She was also invoked at the beginning of a lost poem, Rhadine (Ῥαδινή), that was referred to and briefly quoted by Strabo. The love story of Rhadine made her supposed tomb on the island of Samos a pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers in the time of Pausanias and Erato was linked again with love in Plato’s Phaedrus; nevertheless, even in the third century BC, when Apollonius wrote, the Muses were not yet as inextricably linked to specific types of poetry as they became.

    Erato is also invoked at the start of book 7 of Virgil’s Aeneid, which marks the beginning of the second half or ‘Iliadic’ section of the poem: Calliope (epic), even Melpomene (tragedy) or Clio (history) might seem more appropriate. This choice may express Virgil’s love for his native land, but in any case shows the need for a new creative force at this change in the direction of the poem.

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  2. shinichi Post author
    Muse Domain Emblem
    Calliope Epic poetry Writing tablet, Stylus, Lyre
    Clio History Scrolls, Books, Cornet, Laurel wreath
    Euterpe Music, Lyric Poetry Aulos, panpipes, laurel wreath
    Erato Love poetry Cithara
    Melpomene Tragedy Tragic mask, Sword, Club, Kothornos
    Polyhymnia Hymns Veil, Grapes
    Terpsichore Dance Lyre, Plectrum
    Thalia Comedy Mask, Shepherd’s crook, Ivy wreath
    Urania Astronomy Globe and compass
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  3. shinichi Post author

    Sir Edward John Poynter (20 March 1836 in Paris – 26 July 1919 in London) was an English painter, designer, and draughtsman who served as President of the Royal Academy.

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  4. shinichi Post author

    The kithara (Greek: κιθάρα, translit. kithāra, Latin: cithara) was an ancient Greek musical instrument in the lyre or lyra family. In modern Greek the word kithara has come to mean “guitar”, a word which etymologically stems from kithara.


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