Tarocchi - Caliope

Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, so named from the sweetness of her voice. In Hesiod she was the last of the nine sisters, but yet enjoyed a supremacy over the others.

The Muses: Calliope, epic poetry (wax tablet and pencil); Euterpe, lyric poetry (the double flute); Erato, erotic poetry (a small lyre) ; Melpomene, tragedy (tragic mask and ivy wreath); Thalia, comedy (comic mask and ivy wreath); Polyhymnia (or Polymnia), sacred hymns (veiled, and in an attitude of thought); Terpsichore, choral song and the dance (the lyre); Clio, history (a scroll); Urania, astronomy (a celestial globe).