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Erato
[ er-uh-toh ]
noun
- the Muse of love poetry.
Erato
/ ˈɛrəˌtəʊ /
noun
- Greek myth the Muse of love poetry
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Erato, who presides over the poems of love, generally accompanies the youngest and gayest of the Muses, Terpsichore.
Erato, in Greek mythology, one of the nine Muses, whose name signifies loving or lovely.
The Villanelle has been called "the most ravishing jewel worn by the Muse Erato."
But compare statistically the service and the detriment, for Clio must instruct Calliope and Erato.
In the temple to them, which Lesbos became, the freedom of Erato was almost of necessity accorded to her priestesses.
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