Erato

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Erato \Er"a*to\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to love.] (Class.
     Myth.)
     The Muse who presided over lyric and amatory poetry.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Erato
       n : (Greek mythology) the Muse of lyric and love poetry

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "Erato":
     Apollo, Apollo Musagetes, Bragi, Calliope, Castilian Spring, Clio,
     Euterpe, Helicon, Hippocrene, Melpomene, Muse, Orpheus, Parnassus,
     Pierian Spring, Pierides, Polyhymnia, Polymnia, Terpsichore,
     Thalia, afflatus, artistic imagination, conception,
     creative imagination, creative power, creative thought,
     esemplastic imagination, esemplastic power, fire of genius, genius,
     inspiration, muse, mythicization, mythification, mythopoeia, poesy,
     poetic genius, poetic imagination, sacred Nine,
     shaping imagination, the Muses, the Nine, tuneful Nine