Then maybe you could help me too? Medusa asked. Though not as famous as they’d made the fifteen-year-old author Homer himself! Inspiring those two scrollbooks had made her kind of famous. True?"Ĭalliope’s long wavy red hair, which was gathered in a loose ponytail at the back of her neck, bounced a bit as she nodded. "I heard you gave that author guy, Homer lots of inspiration, while he was writing The Iliad and The Odyssey. This puzzle was solved when Medusa leaned her way. Was Medusa trying to get her attention? Or had her snakes simply been hissing? She glanced over at Medusa, the green-skinned, snaky-haired mortal girl whose desk was next to hers. TELVE-YEAR-OLD CALLIOPE HAD JUST TAKEN her seat in her last-period Architecture-ology class on Friday afternoon when she heard a sound. Mission accomplished! 1 Architecture-ology Blues It took a trail from there, descending from Mount Olympus to Earth. Once outside, it hurried down the building’s granite steps and back across the marble courtyard.Īfter reaching the far side of the courtyard, the figure entered a grove of olive trees. Retracing its steps, this sneak quickly made its way out of the Academy unseen. And whatever happened to the little hero game pieces on this map would also magically happen to the corresponding living, breathing real-life heroes down on Earth.Īfter plucking all the hero statues from the game board, the thieving figure stashed them in the bag it had brought, then left the room. Cyclops’s Hero-ology classes moved them around the map during certain class assignments. The three-inch high statues were game pieces. Its eyes glittered at the sight of dozens of little hero statues scattered around the map, which was actually a game board. As amazing as the beasts were, however, they weren’t what the figure had come for. Strange, miniature-size scaly beasts dove and splashed in the magical map’s oceans. The figure’s eyes roved over the table, which was entirely covered by a three-dimensional map, one that was extraordinarily realistic, with roads, valleys, villages, castles with moats, and mountains that looked to be a foot tall. The hooded figure pushed through it and went straight to a large, long table in the middle of the room. Luckily, the door had been left slightly ajar. In a flash it scurried over to the classroom Mr. The figure crept out into the hall again. Heart thumping, the intruder crouched on hands and knees under the closet’s bottom shelf and waited until the teacher had passed. The room turned out to be some kind of storage closet, with reams of papyrus, feather pens, and textscrolls. The cloaked figure gasped and darted through the nearest door to hide. A tall, one-eyed giant lumbered out into the hallway. Holding an empty bag, this sneak slipped in through the Academy’s bronze front doors, then padded softly past the entryway and turned down an empty hall, searching for a particular classroom. School was over for the day at Mount Olympus Academy, so most students were in the cafeteria eating dinner.Īfter glancing around to make sure the coast was clear, a two-legged figure in a hooded black cloak hurried across the marble-tiled outdoor courtyard. Send us feedback about these examples.UP IN THE SKY THE chariot driven by Helios the sun god had begun its daily descent toward the west. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'calliope.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. 2019 Since it was invented in the 19th century, calliopes have been associated with riverboats and traveling circuses - the instrument's sounds were deemed too harsh and too loud for the liturgical settings for which it was created.
Katharina Woodman, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2018 Music will be provided by Irish musicians, a Chinese instrumental group and an old-fashioned calliope. 2020 The haunting calliope music by jazz pianist Jason Moran is based on African American protest and celebration songs.
From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 21 July 2022 But the fair website said drive-thru exhibits included old fire trucks, livestock and a calliope. 2022 The distinctive, merry sounds of a steam calliope float through the streets of downtown Baraboo, Wisconsin. 2020 The scene was straight out of Ringling Bros., the sound track a calliope. 2023 Especially when even the highlights could be accompanied by a calliope. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. Recent Examples on the Web Other species that are less common but have been seen in the state are calliope, Allen’s and Anna’s hummingbirds.
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