Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The Muse of epic poetry.
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- proper noun Greek mythology The
Muse ofeloquence andepic or heroic poetry; mother ofOrpheus withApollo .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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When Calliope Thorne was born, her astrologer mother "had a spiritual vision of the word Calliope, the muse of voice, music and poetry," says the actress, who later shortened it to Callie.
Callie Thorne Tackles Her First Starring Role on Necessary Roughness 2011
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Calliope is a Free Software version of the back-end for Yahoo!
Boing Boing: November 17, 2002 - November 23, 2002 Archives 2002
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When Calliope is available, anyone with a little server-space will be able to set up a community server with better policies than Yahoo's.
Boing Boing: November 17, 2002 - November 23, 2002 Archives 2002
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Calliope is a strong protagonist that you don’t want to mess with, while Kali is a goddess you never want to get on the bad side of.
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Calliope is a strong protagonist that you don’t want to mess with, while Kali is a goddess you never want to get on the bad side of.
“Death’s Daughter” by Amber Benson (Ace, 2009) « The BookBanter Blog 2010
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He calls her Calliope and sings a song for her about swimming in a stream, the deep part where they twine thin hungry legs, tread water, pull back their heads and fall beneath the surface so to kiss long water kisses.
Featherbedding Rae Bryant 2010
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For a revolting example of a hairy bezoar you can try Neil Gaiman's Sandman book #3, "Calliope"
Archive 2007-07-01 Heather McDougal 2007
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For a revolting example of a hairy bezoar you can try Neil Gaiman's Sandman book #3, "Calliope"
Weird Stones Heather McDougal 2007
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(Soundbite of song, "Calliope") Ms. DIENEL: (Singing) Oh, calliope, I hear your voice as clear as a bell, as a bell ringing through the night.
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For on the old 'Calliope' the flag of England flew.
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