An earlier blog,
A laptop in ancient Greece Etruria ,
Italy
In order to
recognize who is who, each Muse wears or holds her own attributes.
Urania was the
Muse of Astronomy, usually holding a celestial globe and pointing to the stars
with her little rod – maybe the seated figure in the center?
Calliope was the
Muse of Music and poetry who normally holds a writing tablet in her hand. So she
could be the figure on the left with what appears to be a laptop, right?
The third Muse Melpomene, the Muse of tragedy is usually portrayed with a tragic theater
mask or a sword but the figure on the far right of this oenochoe looks more like playing an aulos
(double flute).
Well, whatever
the total picture, I have no problem identifying the left figure as Calliope
who is not opening her writing tablet as we would open a book but she is holding it horizontally and opens it upwards.
Truly we should
not take everything at face value!
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