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{{Short description|One of the three original Boeotian muses in Greek mythology}}
{{For|the moon of Jupiter|Aoede (moon)}}
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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Aoede''' {{IPAc-en|eɪ|ˈ|iː|d|iː}} ({{langx|grc|Ἀοιδή}}, ''Aoidē'') was one of the three original [[Muses#Number and names|Boeotian muses]], which later grew to five before the [[Muses|Nine Olympian Muses]] were named. Her sisters were [[Melete]] and [[Mneme]]. She was the muse of voice and song.

She lends her name to the [[natural satellite|moon]] [[Jupiter XLI]], also called Aoede, which orbits the planet [[Jupiter (astronomy)|Jupiter]].

==References==
*[[Cicero]], ''De Natura Deorum'' 3.21
*[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 9.39.3

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