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CALLIOPE

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 57 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CALLIOPE  , the muse of epic See also:

poetry, so named from the sweetness of her vioce (Gr . K6AXOs, beauty; 4, See also:voice) . In See also:Hesiod she was the last of the nine sisters, but yet enjoyed a supremacy over the others .

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