Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Melpomene"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Melpomene \Mel*pom"e*ne\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, lit., the
songstress, fr. ?, ?, to sing.]
1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse of tragedy.
2. (Astron.) The eighteenth asteroid.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Melpomene
n : (Greek mythology) the Muse of tragedy [syn: {Melpomene}]
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