Terpsichore is usually depicted sitting down, holding a lyre, accompanying the dancers' choirs with her music.

Her name comes from the Greek words τέρπω ("delight") and χoρός ("dance").

[1] According to Apollonius of Rhodes, Terpsichore was the mother of the Sirens by the river god Achelous.

[2] The Etymologicum Magnum mentions her as the mother of the Thracian king Biston by Ares.

[3] According to the Byzantine scholar Eustathius, Terpsichore was the mother of the Thracian king Rhesus by the river god Strymon.