Melpomene

[ mel-pom-uh-nee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. the Muse of tragedy.

Melpomene

/ mɛlˈpɒmɪnɪ /

noun

1. Greek myth the Muse of tragedy

Word History and Origins

Origin of Melpomene¹

< Latin Melpomenē < Greek Melpoménē special use of feminine of present participle of mélpesthai to sing

Example Sentences

The Melpomene frigate was attacked by several in the night of the 23rd, and had four men killed besides about twenty wounded.

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Crebillon's father was greatly irritated on finding that his son had, as they said then, abandoned Themis for Melpomene.

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Nicander supposes their mother to have been Melpomene: others make her Calliope.

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Better to wear mask and buskin than to mar by any modernity of expression the calm majesty of Melpomene.

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O Melpomene, on whom your father has bestowed a clear voice and the harp, teach me the mournful strains.

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