Euterpe

This Sculture depicts Euterpe, one of the Muses, the daughters of Mnemosyne, fathered by Zeus. In Greek mythology she is called the Giver of delight, when later poets assigned roles to each of the Muses, she was the muse of music. In late Classical times she was named muse of lyric poetry and depicted holding a flute. A few say she invented the aulos or double-flute, though most mythographers credit Marsyas with its invention. Pindar and other sources (the author of the Bibliotheca and Servius), describe the Thracian king Rhesus, who appears in the Iliad, as son of Euterpe and the river-god Strymon; Homer calls him son of Eioneus. This is a cast of the Roman marble copy, which is in Rome, Vatican City.