Euterpe

Clio was Muse of history, Urania of astronomy, Melpomene of tragedy, Thalia of comedy, Terpsichore of the dance, Calliope of epic poetry, Erato of love-poetry, Polyhymnia of songs to the gods, Euterpe of lyric poetry.

A good example of such a bioindustry is the açaí fruit of the palm tree Euterpe oleracea that grows in the Amazon.

The most dominant species was indentified as Euterpe precatoria, a palm tree native to central and southern America, with a mean estimate population of more than five billion individuals within Amazonia.

The award, a model of Euterpe, the Greek muse of music, has had the same design for 58 years but the finish and materials tend to change.

Euterpe, the graceful “Mistress of Song,” was represented with a flute, and garlands of fragrant flowers.