The  MUSES



Genealogy:

-Gaia (Ge, Tellus) and Ouranos ------Mnaseas 
-Zeus (Jupiter) and Mnemosyne -----Hesiod 
	
Nine Muses [Hesiod] 
Clio           (History) 
Euterpe        (tragedy-flute) 
 Melpomene     (tragedy-lyre) 
Terpsichore    (dance) 
Erato          (hymns/lyre) 
Polyhymnia     (hymns) 
Urania         (Astronomy) 
Thalieia       (Comedy) 
Calliope       (Epic) 


Three Muses [Ephoros] 
Melete ('practice') 
Aoide ('song') 
Mneme ('memory') 

Four Muses [Mnaseas] 
 Melete 
 Aoide 
 Arche 
 Thelxiope 



Seven Muses [Myrtilos]
Neilous 
Tritone 
Asopus
Heptapolis
Achelois
Tmoplous
Rhodia



Photos:
Apollo Musagetes 
Calliope (Vatican)   [Calliope was the mother of Orpheus and Linus] 

	
 

 

September 21, 2006 8:37 AM

John Paul Adams, CSUN
john.p.adams@csun.edu

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