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Calliope — Καλλιόπη

Καλλιόπη

Kalliopē

Calliope concludes the named Muses at LXXVI.10, followed by their mother and the adopted Eunomia.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Calliope

Meaning

Calliope concludes the named Muses at LXXVI.10, followed by their mother and the adopted Eunomia. The Nereids hymn also names Calliope with the designation “mother” and with Apollo at XXIV.12. These two settings preserve her place in the Muse company and a maternal address, without assigning every surrounding goddess the same parentage.

Places to read

  1. Hymn XXIV · Line 12Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Καλλιόπη; Καλλιόπῃ

Occurrence inventory

2 in total. XXIV.12; LXXVI.10