Calliope
Calliope
In Greek mythology, Calliope ( kə-LY-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Καλλιόπη, romanized: Kalliópē, lit. 'beautiful-voiced') is the Muse who presides over eloquence and epic poetry, so called from the ecstatic harmony of her voice. Hesiod and Ovid called her the "Chief of all Muses".
Mythology
Calliope had two famous sons, Orpheus and Linus, by either Apollo or King Oeagrus of Thrace. She taught Orpheus verses for singing. According to Hesiod, she was also the wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive. Calliope married Oeagrus in Pimpleia, a town near Mount Olympus. She is said to have defeated the daughters of Pierus), king of Thessaly, in a singing match, and then, to punish their presumption, turned them into magpies.
Mythology
In some accounts, Calliope is the mother of the Corybantes by her father Zeus. Phrontis, thought by Daniel Albert Wyttenbach to be the mother of Lysis, is also described as Calliope's daughter according to Plutarch's Moralia.
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