Er'a-to, n.

noun

[Gr. Ἐρατώ, from ἔρασθαι, to love.] (Myth.) One of the Muses, who presided over lyric, and especially amatory, poetry. She is represented as crowned with roses and myrtles, and holding a lyre in her hand.

A draped woman holding a lyre, representing Erato.
Erato (from an an- cient statue).