Cal-li'/o-pe, n.
(kal-li'/o-pe), n. [Lat. Calliope, Gr. Καλλιόπη and Καλλιόπεια, literally having a beautiful voice, from καλλι- and ὄψ, ὀπός, voice.]
- (Myth.) The muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; — she was the mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine muses. The name is sometimes written Calliopa.
- A steam-organ, or instrument constructed like an organ, in which the tones are produced by steam instead of wind. It is of recent American origin, and an application of the steam-whistle attached to railroad locomotives.
- One of the asteroids.
