Erato

Erato
Goddess of Erotic and Lyrical Poetry
Member of the Muses
Roman statue of Erato (2nd century AD), playing the kithara or lyre
Abode	Mount Olympus
Symbols	Lyre, kithara
Personal information
Parents	Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings	Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Urania, Clio, Calliope, Thalia, Terpsichore, Melpomene and several paternal half-siblings
Consort	Malus (Μάλος)
Children	Cleophema

In Greek mythology, Erato (/ˈɛrətoʊ/; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses, the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica.^[1]