[1] Calliope had two famous sons, Orpheus[2] and Linus,[3] by either Apollo or King Oeagrus of Thrace.

[4] She is said to have defeated the daughters of Pierus, king of Thessaly, in a singing match, and then, to punish their presumption, turned them into magpies.

[7] The Roman epic poet Virgil invokes her in the Aeneid ("Aid, O Calliope, the martial song!")

The Italian poet Dante Alighieri, in his Divine Comedy, refers to Calliope: Here rise to life again, dead poetry!

Calliope Saddle is part of the Thisbe Valley Track in the Catlins Forest, South Otago, NZ.