Euterpe
The Muse of Music · The Muse of Lyric Poetry · The Giver of Delight
Euterpe in Greek tradition
Euterpe governed flute music and bore the name Bringer of Delight. She was one of the Muses, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who inspired poetry. She held flute music as her particular realm.
The Muses dwelt on the summits of Mount Helicon, Mount Parnassus, and Mount Pindus. They also haunted the springs and fountains among these heights, which were sacred to them and to poetic inspiration. Euterpe was linked to Thrace through Rhesus. She, Calliope, and Clio each bore him as a son.
The quick answers
Who is Euterpe?
Euterpe is a Greek being associated with music, lyric poetry, song, flute playing.Source
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What is Euterpe the god of?
music, lyric poetry, song, flute playingSource
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What family links are recorded for Euterpe?
Father: Zeus, Mother: Mnemosyne, 2 children, 8 siblings.
Euterpe’s family, at a glance
Parents above, children below, and the figure’s consorts named in between, the same family data as the fact box, laid out as a chart instead of a field list.
The names Euterpe answers to
The Giver of Delight
She who brings pleasure through music and song
SourceGreek Myths & Tales
The Pleasant Muse
The Muse associated with pleasantness and delight
SourceGreek Myths & Tales
Muse of Music
The Muse presiding over music
SourceGreek Myths & Tales
Muse of Lyric Poetry
The Muse associated with lyric verse and song
SourceGreek Myths & Tales
Euterpe, and where the myths place it
Appears in
The myths across MythSource where Euterpe features, each on that figure’s page.
- Mnemosyne and Zeus’s Nine-Night Union · on Mnemosyne
- Urania’s Birth Among the Muses · on Urania
- Zeus and Mnemosyne · on Zeus
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The film
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