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Tabliope

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Tabliope[pronunciation?] (Ταβλιόπη) is a made-up name of a "Muse" that is a comic invention of Palladas, a late Greek poet and epigrammatist, appearing in his epigram found in book 11 (Humorous and convivial - Scoptic - Σκωπτικά) of Anthologia Palatina.[1][2][3][4][5]

The name Tabliope is made up from the word τάβλα tabla > tavla (Modern Greek τάβλι tavli "backgammon"), derived from Latin "tabula",[5] and the segment -ιόπη as in the name of the Muse Calliope ("Τάβλ"α + Καλλ"ιόπη" = "Ταβλιόπη").

The epigram, intended to make fun of an avid backgammon player, reads:

Πάντων μουσοπόλων ἠ Καλλιόπη θεός ἐστιν • Ἠ σή Καλλιόπη Ταβλιόπη λέγεται.

"Calliope is the goddess of all adherents of the Muses [i. e. arts]; but your Calliope is called Tabliope."

Some modern sources refer to Tabliope as the goddess of the gamble (games of risk and random chance).[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Anthologia Palatina, 11. 373
  2. ^ The Greek Anthology, Vol. 4, William Roger Paton, pg. 274 (Palladas), the epigram which refers to Tabliope
  3. ^ Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (ed.): Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Band 5 (T), Leipzig, 1916 - 1924. - s. 2
  4. ^ A Greek-English Lexicon compiled by H. G. Liddel and R. Scott. 10th edition with a revised supplement. – Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1996. - p. 1752
  5. ^ a b Chantraine, Pierre. Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque. Histoire des mots. Tome IV-1. Paris, Éditions Klincksiek, 1977. - p. 1087
  6. ^ Osborne, Robin (ed.) Studies in Ancient Greek and Roman Society. Cambridge 2004, p. 201
  7. ^ Avant, G. Rodney. A Mythological Reference. Bloomington, Indiana, 2005. - p. 321