Melpomene

mel-pom'e-ne, in Greek mythology, one of the nine muses. Tragedy was her special province. She was represented in art with a mask in her hand. An antique statue of Melpomene is in the Louvre at Paris. Though it is thirteen feet high it is carved from a single block of marble. The figure is fully draped, and the left hand holds a bearded, open-mouthed mask. See Muses