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.本雕塑刻画的是欧忒耳珀（Euterpe）——缪斯女神（Muses）之一，为宙斯（Zeus）与摩涅莫绪涅（Mnemosyne）所诞育的众女儿之一。在希腊神话中，她被称为“欢愉赐予者”；后世诗人为每位缪斯分配司职后，欧忒耳珀成为了音乐缪斯。至古典时代晚期，她又被赋予抒情诗歌缪斯的身份，形象常被描绘为手持长笛。有说法称她发明了阿夫洛斯管（aulos，即双管长笛），不过多数神话学者认为该乐器的发明者是玛耳绪阿斯（Marsyas）。品达（Pindar）及其他文献来源（《书库》（Bibliotheca）的作者与塞尔维乌斯（Servius））均记载，《伊利亚特》（Iliad）中登场的色雷斯国王瑞索斯（Rhesus）是欧忒耳珀与河神斯特律蒙（Strymon）之子；而荷马则称瑞索斯为埃奥纽斯（Eioneus）之子。本件为罗马大理石复制品的铸模，该复制品现藏于梵蒂冈城。