Melpomene lyrical poetry), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). She is also the mother of several of the Sirens, the divine handmaidens of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) who were cursed by her mother, Demeter/Ceres, when they were unable to prevent the kidnapping of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) by Hades/Pluto. In Roman and Greek poetry, it was traditional to invoke the goddess Melpomene so that one might create beautiful lyrical phrases (see Horace's Odes). Melpomene Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy,
Nasīb (poetry) collection of sixty-one "nasīb"s. Nasīb (poetry) Nasīb () is an Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory prelude to the type of long poem called a "qaṣīdah".' However, although at the beginning of the form's development "nasīb" meant 'love-song', it came to cover much wider kinds of content: 'The "nasīb" usually is understood as the first part of the "qaṣīdah" where the poet remembers his beloved. In later ages the "nasīb" stood alone, and in that sense the meaning came to be understood as erotic and love poetry.' Early and prominent examples of the "nasīb" appear in