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Definition of Melpomene

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy.

Definition of Melpomene

1. n. The Muse of tragedy.

Definition of Melpomene

1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The Muse of tragedy ¹

2. Proper noun. (astronomy) 18 Melpomene, the asteroid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Melpomene

1. 1. The Muse of tragedy. 2. The eighteenth asteroid. Origin: L, fr. Gr, lit, the songstress, fr, to sing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Melpomene

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

1. On the Tibur Road: A Freshman's Horace by Horace, George Meason Whicher (1912)
"3 The man them hast inspired, Melpomene, And viewed at hour of birth with serene eyes, Exalted by thy sovereign power shall be. No Isthmian games shall hail ..."

2. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"Heliconius melpomene, Bates, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., xxiii., p. 557, no. ... Some are very simply coloured, as, for instance, H. melpomene (Linn. ..."

3. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"PART I. Melpomene; OR, THE MELANCHOLY. • Reason thus with life; If] do lose thee, I do lose a thing, That none but fools would weep. ..."

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