Explained vocabulary

Melpomene — Μελπομένη

Μελπομένη

Melpomenē

Melpomene appears among the individually named Muses at LXXVI.8.

From the book

The Orphic Collection, Volume I: The Hymns

Attributed to Orpheus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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English renderings
Melpomene

Meaning

Melpomene appears among the individually named Muses at LXXVI.8. The coordinated list identifies her as one member of their group without assigning her a distinct artistic genre in this verse.

Places to read

  1. Hymn LXXVI · Line 8Read the word in its hymn.

Attested forms

Μελπομένη

Occurrence inventory

1 in total. LXXVI.8

Lexical references

LSJ n66195 (n66195)