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Penned by a writer — a tome on a Greek Goddess (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

erato

'greek goddess' is the definition.
(one of the Greek muses)

'penned by a writer a tome' is the wordplay.
'penned by' indicates a hidden word.
'ERATO' is hidden in the letters of 'writer a tome'.

'on a' is the link.

(Other definitions for erato that I've seen before include "Poet's muse" , "verses she inspired" , "poetic patroness" , "Source of artistic inspiration" , "Muse of lyric poetry and mime" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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