Pantheon Greek and Roman
Muse
Μοῦσα grc Musae la
Goddess of the inspiration of literature, science and the arts
- Members 15 on record
A family photograph
Each row stands a generation below the one above it.
Kinship as the accounts give it,
not a documented family.
As the accounts tell it
Overview
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Family tree
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Everyone it counts
Gods first, then people — including those the photograph leaves out.
- Mese Muse of Greek mythology, venerated at Delphi
- Hypate One of the Muses
- Nete One of the three muses of the lyre that were worshipped at Delphi. Her sisters were Mese and Hypate
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Clio Greek mythological person, muse of history or of lyre playing, daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne -
Thalia Muse of comedy in Greek mythology -
Urania Muse of astronomy and astrology in Greek mythology -
Melpomene Greek muse of tragedy -
Calliope Muse of epic poetry -
Erato Greek muse of lyrical poetry -
Terpsichore Muse of dance in Greek mythology -
Polyhymnia Muse of sacred-poetry, sacred hymn and eloquence as well as muse of agriculture, geometry rhetoric, and pantomime in Greek mythology -
Euterpe Muse of music in Greek mythology - Melete One of the three original Boeotian Muses in Greek mythology
- Mneme One of the three original Boeotian Muses in Greek mythology
- Aoide One of the three original Boeotian muses in Greek mythology
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