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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