god
Melpomene
The Muse of tragedy and the mournful lyric, invoked for the dirge over Quintilius.
Reading notes
- The Odes §1.24 Melpomene
The Muse given 'a liquid voice with the lyre,' invoked for the dirge over Quintilius.
- The Odes §3.30 Melpomene
The Muse asked to wreathe the poet's hair with Delphic laurel.
- The Odes §4.3 Melpomene
The Muse whose 'serene light' at birth marks out the poet, not the athlete or general.