Greek mythology
Melpomene
Muse of tragedy, grave behind the weeping mask
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Muses
- Appears in
- Orpheus and Eurydice
Melpomene is the Muse of tragedy, one of the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She bears the tragic mask and the high boot of the tragic stage. Through her the theater learns to sing of suffering and the fall of the great.
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