Calliope
Calliope is a Muse who, according to another version of the myth, suggested that both Aphrodite and Persephone should keep Adonis for half the year each.
↻ synthesized from 6 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in late antiquity Neoplatonic sources as the divine source of Orphic wisdom.
Relationships
- parent of
- Orpheus
- co occurs with
- Clotho, Lachesis, Medea, Minthe, Aphrodite, Adonis, Eros, Selene, Dionysus, Persephone, Hecate, Amphitrite, Eos, Atropos, Melinoe, Hyperion, Nyx, Gaia, Uranus, Clymene, Helios, Athena, Charon, Atlas
- sibling of
- Urania, Thalia, Terpsichore, Erato, Clio, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia
Mentioned by
- Aphrodite
- Adonis
- Eros
- Selene
- Dionysus
- Persephone
- Hecate
- Amphitrite
- Eos
- Atropos
- Melinoe
- Hyperion
- Nyx
- Gaia
- Uranus
- Clymene
and 6 more
Sources
Source passages
“Another version states that both goddesses got to keep him for half the year each at the suggestion of the Muse Calliope.”
#22821 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Aglaophamus, the initiator, revealed to him the wisdom about the gods that Orpheus acquired from his mother Calliope”
#36697 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Calliope is one of the Sister Muses. She is the muse of epic poetry. In Calliope the Muse, Calliope and the rest of her sisters decide to make a museum for all of the godboys and the goddessgirls in Mount Olympics Academy.”
#43291 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Calliope (epic poetry)”
#45594 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free
“Debi Derryberry voiced Calliope and continued this role in a later installment”
#46096 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free