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- Calliope (or Kalliope) Province: Muse of Epic Poetry, Music, Song, Dance, and Eloquence. Attribute: Wax Tablet or Scroll. Calliope was the eldest of the nine Muses.
- Clio (or Kleio) Province: Muse of History. Attribute: Scroll or Chest of Books. Clio's name comes from the Greek verb kleô, which means "to make famous."
- Euterpe. Province: Muse of lyric song. Attribute: Double flute. Euterpe's name means "giver of many delights" or "rejoicing well."
- Melpomene. Province: Muse of Tragedy. Attribute: Tragic mask, ivy wreath. Originally the Muse of Chorus, Melpomene later became the Muse of Tragedy. She often carries both the tragic mask and a sword and wears cothurnus boots which were worn by tragic actors.
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The number and names of the Muses differed by region, but from the Classical period the number of Muses was standardized to nine, and their names were generally given as Calliope, Clio, Polyhymnia, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Melpomene, Thalia, and Urania.
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In Greek mythology, the Muses were the goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They were also all sisters and daughters of Zeus and Mnemosine, in addition to being romantic companions of Apollo, god of the arts. The Muses did not begin their lives as such, but were actually born as nymphs that manifested as whispers in the ears of all those...
In the Theogony, a poem written by the Greek writer, Hesiod, the Muses are depicted as the daughters of Zeus, who was the king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, who was the Titan goddess of memory. In this poem, Hesiod details the full story of how the Muses brought forgetfulness to people, in the sense that they were able to forget their pain and end th...
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- Clio: The Muse Clio discovered history and guitar. History was named Clio in the ancient years, because it refers to “kleos” the Greek word for the heroic acts.
- Euterpe: Muse Euterpe discovered several musical instruments, courses and dialectic. She was always depicted holding a flute, while many instruments were always around her.
- Thalia: Muse Thalia was the protector of comedy; she discovered comedy, geometry, architectural science and agriculture. She was also protector of Symposiums.
- Melpomene: Opposite from Thalia, Muse Melpomene was the protector of Tragedy; she invented tragedy, rhetoric speech and Melos. She was depicted holding a tragedy mask and usually bearing a bat.
The Muses were the Greek goddesses of inspiration in literature, science and the arts. They were the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (the personificat...
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There are some who say that Pieros himself had nine daughters [the Pierides], that their names were the same as those of the goddesses, and that those whom the Greeks called the children of the Mousai were sons of the daughters of Pieros.
