EratoMuse of love poetry
Not a greeting card — a talisman meant to be carried.
Erato reclining with her lyre beneath the stars, crowned with roses — beside her, the Latin poets of love: Catullus, Tibullus, Propertius, Ovid.
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The Latin
Vox amoris. Carmina coniugum corde canuntur, vincitque omnia levis poesis.
“The voice of love. The songs of the wedded are sung from the heart — and light poetry conquers all.”
On the back, beside your card's number, her blessing:
Erato ignem amoris accendat. Sit, o homo, cor tuum semper ardens.
“May Erato kindle the fire of love. May your heart, O human, be forever aflame.”
Choosing a gift?
What to give for a tenth anniversary — Ten years earns better than a keyring.
Dark academia gifts — The aesthetic is about study. The gifts should be too.
Questions
- Who was Erato in Greek myth?
- The Muse of lyric and love poetry, shown with the lyre and crowned with roses. Her name shares its root with Eros; Apollonius invokes her at the opening of the third book of the Argonautica — the book of love.
- What is engraved on the back of the Erato card?
- May Erato kindle the fire of love. May your heart, O human, be forever aflame. — together with the ornament and the card's own number.
- Who is the Erato card a good gift for?
- A gift between people rather than for a profession: anniversaries, engagements, and the tenth year in particular, which tradition marks with tin or aluminum — the metal this card is made of.
