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Euterpe
n.
(Greek Mythology) Greek Muse of music and lyric poetry
Euterpe
In
Greek mythology,
Euterpe (; , , ; "rejoicing well" or "delight" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν
terpein 'to please') was one of the
Muses, the daughters of
Mnemosyne, fathered by
Zeus. Called the "Giver of delight", when later poets assigned roles to each of the Muses, she was the muse of music. In late Classical times she was named muse of lyric poetry and depicted holding a flute. A few say she invented the
aulos or double-flute, though most mythographers credit
Marsyas with its invention.
Euterpe
Noun
1. a monocotyledonous genus of graceful palm trees in tropical America
(synonym) genus Euterpe
(hypernym) monocot genus, liliopsid genus
(member-holonym) Palmae, family Palmae, Palmaceae, family Palmaceae, Arecaceae, family Arecaceae, palm family
(member-meronym) cabbage palm, Euterpe oleracea
2. (Greek mythology) the Muse of music (or the flute)
(hypernym) Muse
(classification) Greek mythology
Euterpe
The Muse who presided over music.
A genus of palms, some species of which are elegant trees.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Euterpe
[Greek] Euterpe, from the Greek culture, is one of the nine Muses of Apollo. Her name means "rejoicing well" or "delight". She was born from Zeus and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory, along with her other eight sisters. Euterpe is the Muse of music and lyric poetry. She is also the Muse of joy and pleasure and of flute playing and was thought to have invented the double flute, which is her attribute.
