Euterpe Euterpe In Greek mythology, Euterpe (/juːˈtɜːrpiː/; Greek: Eὐτέρπη, Ancient Greek: [eu̯térpɛː]; "rejoicing well" or "delight" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν terpein 'to please') was the one of the Muses, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. She has been called “Giver of delight” by ancient poets. Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by Zeus, god of the gods. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of
Turkish delight Its name in Greek, λουκούμι ("loukoumi") shares a similar etymology with the modern Turkish and it is marketed as "Greek Delight". In Cyprus, where the dessert has protected geographical indication (PGI), it is also marketed as "Cyprus Delight". In Armenian it is called lokhum (լոխում). Its name in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Israel is "rahat lokum", and derives from a very old confusion of the two Ottoman Turkish names found already in Ottoman Turkish; indeed this mixed name can also be found in Turkey today. Its name in Serbo-Croatian is "ratluk", a reduced form of the same name. In Persian,