...the muse of lyric poetry, her name derives from the Greek Eros (love), and translates as "passionate." She was the most famous of the Muses, sister goddesses in Greek mythology, each of whom was regarded as the protectress of a different art or science.
"But when Erato brushed her flowery lute,
What strains of sweetness whispered in the wind!
Soft as at evening when the shepherd's flute
To tones of melting love alone resigned,
Breathes through the windings of the silent vale;
Complaining accents tremble on the gale,
Or notes of ecstacy serenely roll.
So when the smiling muse of Cupid sung,
Her melody sighed out the sorrowing soul,
Or o'er her silken chords
sweet notes of gladness rung."
from An Ode To Music, by James G. Percival
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