Marble statue of muse Calliope in the Courtyard of the Muses, Achilleion Palace, Corfu, Greece

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Muse Calliope was the superior Muse. She was accompanying kings and princes in order to impose justice and serenity. She was the protector of heroic poems and rhetoric art. According to the myth, Homer asks from Calliope to inspire him while writing Iliad and Odyssey, and, thus, Calliope is depicted holding laurels in one hand and the two Homeric poems in the other hand.

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Size: 4296px × 6583px
Location: Achilleion, Gastouri, Corfu, Greece
Photo credit: © Carl DeAbreu / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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