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Melpŏmĕnē, ēs, f., Μελπομένη (the songstress), the muse of tragic and lyric poetry: Melpomene, cui liquidam pater Vocem cum citharā dedit, Hor. C. 1, 24, 3; Mart. 4, 37, 1; Aus. Idyll. 20, 2.