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]

 

May 27, 2009 10:05 AM

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

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