Erato

[ er-uh-toh ]

/ ˈɛr əˌtoʊ /

noun Classical Mythology.

the Muse of love poetry.

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Examples from the Web for erato

With such accessories the presence of Erato was perhaps inevitable.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus
Why, learned Erato, art thou thus diverging into the medical art?
Ars Amatoria, or The Art Of Love|Ovid
But compare statistically the service and the detriment, for Clio must instruct Calliope and Erato.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 64 No. 396 October 1848|Various
It was to Anacreon that Erato offered that chord, threw it rather, laughing, in his face.
Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern|Edgar Saltus

Behind a statue of Erato, she was sure that she saw coloured drapery floating in the moonlight.
Philothea|Lydia Maria Child

British Dictionary definitions for erato

Erato

/ (ˈɛrəˌtəʊ) /

noun

Greek myth the Muse of love poetry

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Word Origin and History for erato

Erato

muse who presided over lyric poetry, from Greek erastos "loved, beloved; lovely, charming," verbal adjective of eran "to love, to be in love with" (see Eros).