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Erato

American  
[er-uh-toh] / ˈɛr əˌtoʊ /

noun

Classical Mythology.
  1. the Muse of love poetry.


Erato British  
/ ˈɛrəˌtəʊ /

noun

  1. Greek myth the Muse of love poetry

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“I think we are primarily addressing a person who is the ordinary visitor who might not know much about opera. They might know much about Maria Callas,” museum supervisor Erato Koutsoudaki told The Associated Press.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Erato Muse 5: A tricky and less-than-stable fit, stiff control buttons that hurt your ear when you press them, and a cheap-feeling charging case overshadowed this pair’s affordable price and decent-for-true-wireless sound quality.

From Slate • Aug. 2, 2018

The collection, originally made for the French label Erato from 1965 to 1974, filled 35 records and was rereleased last year by Warner Classics in advance of her 90th birthday.

From Washington Post • Sep. 28, 2017

The pretext on Thursday at Carnegie Hall was “In War and Peace,” a well-traveled, predominantly Baroque program with the early-music band Il Pomo d’Oro, which has already been released on disc by Erato.

From New York Times • Dec. 16, 2016

He glared at Erato, but she had turned her back and was kneeling over the fire, extinguishing it.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

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