b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nMelpomene\n_START_SECTION_\nMitologie\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nNumele muzei provine de la cuv\xc3\xa2ntul grec echivalent cu a celebra cu dans \xc8\x99i c\xc3\xa2ntec. La \xc3\xaenceput, Melpomene era muza c\xc3\xa2nt\xc4\x83rii, dar \xc3\xaen perioada clasic\xc4\x83 a devenit muza tragediei. \xc3\x8en picturi, apare cu o masc\xc4\x83 tragic\xc4\x83._NEWLINE_Melpomene este men\xc8\x9bionat\xc4\x83 de Hesiod, Apollodorus, Lycophron \xc8\x99i Diodorus Siculus._NEWLINE_Celelalte opt muze sunt: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia \xc8\x99i Urania.'