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Meaning of melpomene




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

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In Greek mythology she was one of the muses of theatre. She was called the Melodiosa, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosine. Although she was initially a muse of singing and musical harmony, she became the muse of tragedy. In Botany it is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiceae. In Animal Biology. it is also a genus of spiders in the family Agelenidae. It's also the name of an asteroid.

  




GARCÍA ALBERTO ENRIQUE

Melpomene-this is the asteroid discovered by astronomer J. R. Hind on June 24, 1852-

  


Anónimo

MELPOMENE: asteroid number 18, of the series.

  


Anónimo

MELPOMENE: Muse of the tragedy.

  



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