Warning: This article contains spoilers for Kaos and The Sandman season 2.The Sandman weaves in and out of Greek mythology, ...

It’s a good thing Calliope is also the name of a muse from Greek mythology who presides over eloquence and epic poetry, since we’re going to need her skills with the written word in years to come.

But man, I almost wish it wasn’t a musical because that’s the part of it that falls so flat. Grace, a listless musician is falsely accused of killing Calliope, the last of the Greek muses.

In Greek mythology, the nine Muses were Greek goddesses who ruled over the arts and sciences and offered inspiration in those subjects.

How often have you yourself wished you could channel your muse to make the right words flow? In Greek mythology, the muse of prose is Calliope.

As detailed in Sandman #17, writer Erasmus Fry captured the muse Calliope on Mount Helicon in 1927. He repeatedly raped her to get inspiration for decades, and became an author of some renown. An ...

In the story, Calliope is one of the Muses of Greek mythology, who offers inspiration to poets and writers. In the Sandman, she is captured first by Erasmus Fry (Derek Jacobi), who forces her to ...

In Greek mythology, the muse of prose is Calliope. If you think of her as your inspirer, how can you get her to speak up? How can you discern what she says with enough clarity to engage people?