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The Many Face of Erato

Erato was one of the Greek muses. But Erato can also mean:

  1. a daughter of Thespius in Greek mythology who bore Hercules a son
  2. one of the daughters of Danaus and Polyxo. This Erato married and then murdered Bromios.
  3. a dryad, wife of Arcas and mother of at least one of his children
  4. one of the Nereids, mermaids who were the children of Nereus and Doris
  5. one of the Nymphs Dodonides, who were nurses to Dionysus
  6. an ancient queen of Armenia
  7. a genus of gastropods
  8. a Bosnian R&B group

(Source: thefreedictionary.com)

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