Calliope
Calliope is the muse of epic poetry in Greek mythology.
Calliope may also refer to:
In music:
- Calliope (music), a musical instrument
- "Calliope", an instrumental by Tom Waits from his 2002 album Blood Money
- "Calliope!", a song by The Veils from their 2006 album Nux Vomica
In places:
- Calliope, Queensland, Australia
- Shire of Calliope, the former Local Government Area which surrounded Calliope
- Calliope River, a river flowing through the area
- Calliope Projects, a housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana, US
In other uses:
- Calliope (television program), an animation program
- "Calliope" (Sandman), a story in the 1990 collection Dream Country, from The Sandman series by Neal Gaiman
- Calliope Hummingbird, a hummingbird species
- T34 Calliope, a tank-mounted rocket launcher
- HMS Calliope , five ships of the Royal Navy
- Calliope, another name for the Origins Award
See also
- Kalliopi, Kalliopi Saratsopoulou, Greek singer/songwriter and actress
- Kalliopi (martyr), also known as Saint Calliope, a 3rd century Eastern martyr
- 22 Kalliope, an asteroid
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Calliope (disambiguation)". Image Credit.
Extended Definition: Calliope
Calliope
In Greek mythology, Calliope ("beautiful-voiced", also spelled Kaliope or Kalliope, in Greek, Καλλιόπη, pronounced in English /kə'laɪəpi/ ka-LIE-oh-pee) was the muse of epic poetry, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and is now best known as Homer's muse, the inspiration for the Iliad and the Odyssey.
She had two sons, Orpheus and Linus, by either Apollo or the king Oeagrus, of Thrace. She was the oldest and wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive. She was the judge in the argument over Adonis between Aphrodite and Persephone, giving each equal time with him. She was represented by a stylus and wax tablets.
She is always seen with a writing tablet in her hand. At times, she is depicted as carrying a roll of paper or a book or as wearing a gold crown.
Fiction
Calliope is a character in the graphic novel Sandman, by Neil Gaiman. Her story is in the collection Fables & Reflections. According to the comic's canon, Morpheus was actually the lover and husband of Calliope, and the father of Orpheus. In another deviation from the traditional myths, Calliope is stated as being the youngest of the nine muses, rather than the eldest.
The author Nick Sagan, son of famous author Carl Sagan, also makes reference to Calliope in his debut novel, Idlewild. In his book, the main character, Halloween, suffers amnesia after a power surge, referred to as the Calliope Surge. The author also makes reference to Calliope being the daughter of Mnemosyne, the personification of memory.
A magical woman named Calliope acts as a Muse for the protagonist of the novel Fool on the Hill by Matt Ruff. Though she is never explicitly said to be the Calliope of Greek mythology, she is immortal, magical, and is described as enjoying retsina and feta, both Greek foods.
Tony Award winner Lillias White provided the voice for the muse Calliope in Walt Disney Pictures film Hercules.
On the season four Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror III, school nerd Martin Prince dressed as Calliope during the Simpsons' Halloween party (and gets punched in the stomach by Nelson, who's dressed as a pirate).
Jackie Hoffman played the muse Calliope in the musical Xanadu, which opened in 2007 on Broadway.
Calliope is a character in the novel Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Calliope is the name of the daughter of Kratos, the protagonist of the God of War video game series.
Calliope is also the name of a female character in Francesca Lia Block's novels Ecstasia and Primavera. These works are heavily influenced by myth.
The rock song Blinded By The Light by Manfred Mann refers to Calliope as "crashing".
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Calliope". Image Credit.
