The Muses

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The Muses

• Ramy Elrefai

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Names

• Greek Roman Names
• Muses
• Mousai
• Moisai
• Musae
• Heliconian
• Pierian

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Who are they?

• Gods of Arts and Science
• Clio, Muse of history
• Euterpe, Muse of flute playing
• Thaleia, Muse of comedy
• Melpomene, Muse of tragedy
• Terpsichore, Muse of dance
• Erato, Muse of love poems
• Polymnia, Muse of sacred music
• Urania, Muse of astrology
• Calliope, Muse of epic poetry
• Highest of all nine

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The Muses

• The nine daughters of Zeus and Minemosyne
• Born at Pieria at the foot of Mount Olympus
• Were raised by Eupheme
• Poets appeal to them in the beginning of their
  poems

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The Muses Picture
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Their Life

• Sacrifices were made on Mount Helicon which made
  the Helicon sacred to the Muses
• They were a choir led by Apollo
• Started to help others in poetry, music, and
  medicine.
• Valley of the Muses - festival called Mouseai,
  dedicated to the Muses
• Museum of Alexandria temple which was also
  dedicated to the Muses

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Stories

• locusts men who after songs appeared with
  Muses, would sing their whole life and wouldnt
  eat or drink so they would die.
• Once the king and his wife had nine daughters
  that were named exactly like the Muses. They
  challenged each other, and after defeating them,
  the Muses turned them into birds
• This information was taken from The Muses by
  Eliki

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Symbols

• Each had separate symbol they went by

Clio Writing Tablet Euterpe - Scroll Thaleia -
Lyre Melpomene - Flute Terpsichore Tragic
Mask Erato Pensive Look Polymnia Dancing with
Lyre Urania Comic Mask Calliope Celestial
Globe This information was taken from The
Nine Muses by David Fideler
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Bibliography

• The Muses, Eliki, 1997-1998, http//www.eliki.com/
  portals/fantasy/circle/define.html
• Mythography/ The Muses in Myth and Art, Loggia,
  October 12, 2004, http//www.loggia.com/myth/muses
  .html
• The Nine Muses, David Fideler, April 27, 1996,
  http//www.cosmopolis.com/villa/muses.html
• Muses, Encyclopedia Mythica, April 18, 1999,
  http//www.pantheon.org/areas/gallery/mythology/eu
  rope/greek/muses.html