Erato - Longing for Love

Photographer

Bernd Schirmer

Category

Fine Art Photography - Portrait

Company

BYES Photography / Bernd Schirmer

Submission Group

Amateur

Year

2021

Country / Region:

Germany

In Greek mythology, Erato is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean "desired" or "lovely", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his Argonautica. Erato is the Muse of love poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she has mostly been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument often associated with Apollo.