Erato
Erato is the Muse associated with lyric poetry, especially love poetry and other poems that express strong feeling in a musical, personal voice. Poets may invoke her as a source of inspiration for songs, odes, and intimate verse.
Example
Erato, lend me a quieter flame;
let my plain words sing her name.
Related Definitions
[n] (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry
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Related Terms
afflatus, Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, artistic imagination, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Clio, conception, creative imagination, creative power, creative thought, esemplastic imagination, esemplastic power, Euterpe, fire of genius, genius, Helicon, Hi