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Definition of Melpomene

Melpomene
Melpomene Mel*pom"e*ne, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the songstress, fr. ?, ?, to sing.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse of tragedy. 2. (Astron.) The eighteenth asteroid.

Meaning of Melpomene from wikipedia

- Melpomene (/mɛlˈpɒmɪniː/; Ancient Gr****: Μελπομένη, romanized: Melpoménē, lit. 'to sing' or 'the one that is melodious') is the Muse of tragedy in Gr****...
- Melpomene may also refer to: 18 Melpomene, a main belt asteroid Heliconius melpomene, a common butterfly in South and Central America HMS Melpomene,...
- often depicted holding their respective masks. Melpomene and Thalia were daughters of Zeus. Melpomene means a celebration of dance and song, while Thalia...
- Heliconius melpomene, the postman butterfly, common postman or simply postman, is a brightly colored, geographically variable butterfly species found...
- comedy and tragedy masks, are ****ociated with two Gr**** Muses, Melpomene and Thalia. Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy, is often depicted wearing buskins and...
- 18 Melpomene is a large, bright main-belt asteroid that was discovered by J. R. Hind on 24 June 1852, and named after Melpomenē, the Muse of tragedy in...
- the Royal Navy have been named HMS Melpomene after the Muse of Tragedy in ancient Gr**** mythology. HMS Melpomene (1794) was a 38-gun fifth-rate frigate...
- Melpomene is a genus of funnel weavers first described by O. ****rd-Cambridge in 1898. They range from southwestern U.S. (southern Arizona to western...
- generally given as Calliope, Clio, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Terpsic****, Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, and Urania. In modern figurative usage, a muse is a person who...
- Melpomene is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae, subfamily Grammitidoideae, according to the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of...