Melpomene
[mel-pom-uh-nee]
- the Muse of tragedy.
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Origin of Melpomene
< Latin Melpomenē < Greek Melpoménē special use of feminine of present participle of mélpesthai to sing
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To the silent Melpomene, who can express all things with her looks!
ThaisAnatole France
"Rodd, sir—of the Melpomene—and there's another inside—" I began.
Merry-Garden and Other StoriesSir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
On the other hand, he could not divest himself of the idea that Melpomene was in love with him.
Gryll GrangeThomas Love Peacock
To Thalia and Melpomene are given the realms of comic and tragic poetry.
'Round the Year in Myth and SongFlorence Holbrook
It was a cheap shrine, but I tell you, now, Melpomene was right in it.
Harvard StoriesWaldron Kintzing Post
Melpomene
- Greek myth the Muse of tragedy
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Word Origin and History for melpomene
Melpomene
Muse of tragedy, from Latin, from Greek Melpomene, literally "songstress," from melpein "to sing," of unknown origin.
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