Definition of Calliope

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the Muse of epic poetry.

Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Muse

2. Noun. A musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard.
Exact synonyms: Steam Organ
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Musical Instrument
Terms within: Steam Whistle

Definition of Calliope

1. n. The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

Definition of Calliope

1. Proper noun. (context Greek god) The Muse of eloquence and epic or heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus with Apollo. ¹

2. Noun. A musical organ, consisting of steam whistles played with a keyboard. Often used with merry-go-rounds. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Calliope

1. a keyboard musical instrument [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Calliope

calling-card
calling-cards
calling cards
calling in
calling into question
calling name
calling off
calling out
calling to mind
calling to order
calling together
calling up
callingly
callings
calliope (current term)
calliopes
calliopsis
callipash
callipee
callipees
calliper
callipered
callipering
callipers
callipygean
callipygian
callipygous
callisection
callisections

Literary usage of Calliope

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1907)
"... Atthis calliope. It was shot at Oakland, California, May 8, 1896, while feeding on locust blossoms. In color this example, which is a fully adult male, ..."

2. The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays by Richard Cumberland, Aristophanes (1798)
"... from which I did not wifh to bring him home, there remained only calliope, ... for I judged it beft to give them to calliope in fuch a form, ..."

3. The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays by Richard Cumberland (1786)
"... from which I did not wifh to bring him home, there remained only calliope, ... for I judged it beft to give them to calliope in fuch a form, ..."

4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"calliope; OR, THE CHEERFUL. ... Come, gentle Mirth, and Gaiety, Sweet daughter of Society; Whilst lair calliope pursues Flights worthy of the cheerful Muse. ..."

5. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"calliope, calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry ; invoked by D. at the commencement of the Purgatorio, Purg. i. 9. At the commencement of the Inferno he invoked the ..."

6. The Slopes of Helicon: And Other Poems by Lloyd Mifflin (1898)
"What recompense wilt thou provide For labor sore in making lays — One of thy wreathed bays, calliope ? Think of the long nights spent with thee, ..."

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