calliope

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noun (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry
noun a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard

From Ancient Greek Καλλιόπη (Kalliópē, “Calliope, the muse of poetry”), from καλός (kalós, “beautiful”) + ὄψ (óps, “voice”).

Spenser should have invoked Calliope, the muse of poetry. — Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I, Edmund Spenser
Calliope is the epic muse — “sister” to the other eight. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer
Probably the finest parallel is to be found in Horace’s ode to Calliope. — The Satyricon — Complete, Petronius Arbiter

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