This etched drawing, by the French artist Léon Davent (16th century) after a design by Francesco Primaticcio (c. 1504/5–1570), envisions the Muse goddess, Calliope, from Greek mythology. She and her fellow Muses were patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity in the ancient Greco-Roman world. An ancient Greek poet named Hesiod (c. 8th century BCE) … Continue reading Calliope, by Léon Davent (c. 16th century)