"Euterpe In Greek mythology, Euterpe (/juːˈtɜːrpiː/; Greek: Eὐτέρπη, Ancient Greek: [eu̯térpɛː]; ""rejoicing well"" or ""delight"" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν terpein 'to please') was the one of the Muses, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. She has been called “Giver of delight” by ancient poets. Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by Zeus, god of the gods. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of"
"depends for its effect on a sophisticated deployment of the strategies of traditional Greek rhetorical genres. In antiquity Sappho's poetry was highly admired, and several ancient sources refer to her as the ""tenth Muse"". The earliest surviving poem to do so is a third-century BC epigram by Dioscorides, but poems are preserved in the ""Greek Anthology"" by Antipater of Sidon and attributed to Plato on the same theme. She was sometimes referred to as ""The Poetess"", just as Homer was ""The Poet"". The scholars of Alexandria included Sappho in the canon of nine lyric poets. According to Aelian, the Athenian"
"change in the direction of the poem. Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean ""desired"" or ""lovely"", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his ""Argonautica"". Erato is the Muse of love poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she has mostly been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical"
"Muses In ancient Greek religion and mythology, the Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, ""Moũsai"") are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts. They are considered the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, lyric songs, and myths that were related orally for centuries in these ancient cultures. In current English usage, ""muse"" can refer in general to a person who inspires an artist, musician, or writer. The word ""Muses"" (, ""Moũsai"") perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *""men-"" (""to think"") or from root *""men-"" (""to tower, mountain"") since all the most important cult-centres of the"
"Polyhymnia Polyhymnia (; ; ""the one of many hymns""), also spelt Polymnia (Πολύμνια) was in Greek mythology the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn, dance, and eloquence as well as agriculture and pantomime. Her name comes from the Greek words ""poly"" meaning ""many"" and ""hymnos"", which means ""praise"". She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. Polyhymnia is also sometimes credited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation. In Bibliotheca historica, Diodorus Siculus wrote, ""Polyhymnia, because"
"to her in the streets of the town – probably a statue – and a painting of her in the gymnasium. In the early Roman Empire, Corinna's poetry was popular: the earliest mention of Corinna is by the first century BC poet Antipater of Thessalonica, who includes her in his selection of nine ""mortal muses"". However, modern critics have tended to dismiss it, considering it dull. Corinna Corinna or Korinna () was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia, who has been called the most famous ancient Greek woman poet after Sappho. Although ancient ""testimonia"" portray her as"
"Erato In Greek mythology, Erato (; Ancient Greek: Ἐρατώ) is one of the Greek Muses. The name would mean ""desired"" or ""lovely"", if derived from the same root as Eros, as Apollonius of Rhodes playfully suggested in the invocation to Erato that begins Book III of his ""Argonautica"". Erato is the Muse of love poetry. In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she has mostly been shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument often associated with Apollo. In Simon"
"lyrical poetry), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). She is also the mother of several of the Sirens, the divine handmaidens of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) who were cursed by her mother, Demeter/Ceres, when they were unable to prevent the kidnapping of Kore (Persephone/Proserpina) by Hades/Pluto. In Roman and Greek poetry, it was traditional to invoke the goddess Melpomene so that one might create beautiful lyrical phrases (see Horace's Odes). Melpomene Melpomene (; ), initially the Muse of Chorus, she then became the Muse of Tragedy,"
"though most mythographers credit Marsyas or Athena with its invention. Some say she also invented other wind instruments. Euterpe is often depicted holding a flute in artistic renditions of her. Euterpe In Greek mythology, Euterpe (/juːˈtɜːrpiː/; Greek: Eὐτέρπη, Ancient Greek: [eu̯térpɛː]; ""rejoicing well"" or ""delight"" from Ancient Greek εὖ 'well' + τέρπειν terpein 'to please') was the one of the Muses, presiding over music. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. She has been called “Giver of delight” by ancient poets. Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and"
"who desired social and sexual autonomy – and by the 1960s, the feminist Sappho was – along with the hypersexual, often but not exclusively lesbian Sappho – one of the two most important cultural perceptions of Sappho. The discoveries of new poems by Sappho in 2004 and 2014 excited both scholarly and media attention. The announcement of the Tithonus poem was the subject of international news coverage, and was described by Marylin Skinner as ""the ""trouvaille"" of a lifetime"". Sappho Sappho (; Aeolic Greek ""Psapphô""; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an archaic Greek poet from the island of"
"Melete In Greek mythology, Melete (Μελέτη) was one of the three original (Boeotian) muses before the Nine Olympian Muses were founded. Her sisters were Aoide and Mneme. She was the muse of thought and meditation. Melete literally means ""ponder"" and ""contemplation"" in Greek. According to Pausanias in the later 2nd century AD, there were three original Muses: Aoidē (""song"" or ""voice""), Meletē (""practice"" or ""occasion""), and Mnēmē (""memory""). Together, these three form the complete picture of the preconditions of poetic art in cult practice. In Delphi three Muses were worshipped as well, but with other names: Nētē, Mesē, and Hypatē,"
"Sappho Sappho (; Aeolic Greek ""Psapphô""; c. 630 – c. 570 BC) was an archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a lyre. Most of Sappho's poetry is now lost, and what is extant has survived only in fragmentary form, except for one complete poem: the ""Ode to Aphrodite"". As well as lyric poetry, ancient commentators claimed that Sappho wrote elegiac and iambic poetry. Three epigrams attributed to Sappho are extant, but these are actually Hellenistic imitations of Sappho's style. Little is known of Sappho's"
"the Acropolis, where there was a statue dedicated to a Syrian. For this and other reasons, Artapanus of Alexandria, Alexander Polyhistor, Numenius of Apamea, and Eusebius identify Musaeus with Moses the Jewish lawbringer. Musaeus is singled out in Book 6 of ""The Aeneid"", as someone who the souls of Elysium particularly looked up to. Musaeus of Athens Musaeus of Athens (, ""Mousaios"") was a legendary polymath, philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica. He composed dedicatory and purificatory hymns and prose treatises, and oracular responses. Herodotus reports that,"
"poems often employed highly varied poetic meters. The most famous of all lyric poets were the so-called ""Nine Lyric Poets."" Of all the lyric poets, Sappho of Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC) was by far the most widely revered. In antiquity, her poems were regarded with the same degree of respect as the poems of Homer. Only one of her poems, ""Ode to Aphrodite,"" has survived to the present day in its original, completed form. In addition to Sappho, her contemporary Alcaeus of Lesbos was also notable for monodic lyric poetry. The poetry written by Alcman was considered beautiful, even"
"Pindar Pindar (; ""Pindaros"", ; ; c. 522 – c. 443 BC) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, ""Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich exuberance of his language and matter, and his rolling flood of eloquence, characteristics which, as Horace rightly held, make him inimitable."" His poems can also, however, seem difficult and even peculiar. The Athenian comic playwright Eupolis once"
"the Greek nobility: Theognis represents superior virtues as traits of the aristocracy and thus distinguishes (in Nietzsche's own words) the ""truthful"" aristocrat from the ""lying common man"". Charles Darwin represented a widespread preference for a biological interpretation of such statements when he commented on the above lines thus: Theognis of Megara Theognis of Megara (, ""Théognis ho Megareús"") was a Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC. The work attributed to him consists of gnomic poetry quite typical of the time, featuring ethical maxims and practical advice about life. He was the first Greek poet known to"
"Corinna Corinna or Korinna () was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia, who has been called the most famous ancient Greek woman poet after Sappho. Although ancient ""testimonia"" portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (who lived between about 522 and 443 BCE), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition, and some claim that she is more likely to have lived in the Hellenistic period of 323 to 31 BCE. Her works, which survive only in fragments, focus on local Boeotian legends. Though her poetry is of interest as the work of one of"
"Nossis Nossis () was a Hellenistic Greek poet from Epizephyrian Locris in southern Italy. She seems to have been active in the early third century BCE, as she wrote an epitaph for the Hellenistic dramatist Rhinthon. She primarily wrote epigrams for religious dedications and epitaphs. Her epigrams were inspired by Sappho, whom she claims to rival. She may have also been influenced by Erinna and Anyte. Antipater of Thessalonica included her in his canon of nine female poets. Nossis is one of the best preserved Greek women poets, with twelve epigrams attributed to her preserved as part of the ""Greek"
"book by book, with ample introductions and notes. Published so far: On Nonnus and his context: On the metre: On the Paraphrase: Nonnus Nonnus of Panopolis (, ""Nónnos ho Panopolítēs"") was a Greek epic poet of Hellenized Egypt in the Imperial Roman era. He was a native of Panopolis (Akhmim) in the Egyptian Thebaid and probably lived at the end of the 4th or in the 5th century CE. He is known as the composer of the ""Dionysiaca"", an epic tale of the god Dionysus, and of the ""Metabole"", a paraphrase of the ""Gospel of John"". The epic Dionysiaca describes"
"which are the names of the three chords of the ancient musical instrument, the lyre. Alternatively they were called Cēphisso, Apollonis, and Borysthenis, whose names characterise them as daughters of Apollo. In later tradition, four Muses were recognized: Thelxinoē, Aoedē, Archē, and Meletē, said to be daughters of Zeus and Plusia (or of Uranus). Melete In Greek mythology, Melete (Μελέτη) was one of the three original (Boeotian) muses before the Nine Olympian Muses were founded. Her sisters were Aoide and Mneme. She was the muse of thought and meditation. Melete literally means ""ponder"" and ""contemplation"" in Greek. According to Pausanias"
"Phantasia (poet) Phantasia is the name of an ancient Egyptian woman who was said to have been the author of the immediate sources of the two ancient Greek epics, ""Iliad"" and ""Odyssey"", attributed to Homer. According to a fiction retold by the Byzantine scholar Eustathius of Thessalonica and attributed by him to ""a certain Naucrates"", Phantasia, daughter of Nicarchus of Memphis, an inspired poet, wrote poems about the war in the plains of Troy and the wanderings of Odysseus, and deposited these books in the temple of Hephaestus at Memphis. Homer afterwards visited the shrine, persuaded the priests to make"
"erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). Sometimes they are referred to as water nymphs having been born from the four sacred springs on Helicon which flowed from the ground after Pegasus, the winged horse, stamped his hooves on the ground. Along with her sister Muses, Euterpe was believed to have lived on Mt. Olympus where she and her sisters entertained their father and the other Olympian gods with their great artistry. Later on, tradition also placed them on Mt. Helicon in Boeotia where there was a major cult center to the"
"Musaeus of Athens Musaeus of Athens (, ""Mousaios"") was a legendary polymath, philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica. He composed dedicatory and purificatory hymns and prose treatises, and oracular responses. Herodotus reports that, during the reign of Peisistratus at Athens, the scholar Onomacritus collected and arranged the oracles of Musaeus but inserted forgeries of his own devising, later detected by Lasus of Hermione. The mystic and oracular verses and customs of Attica, especially of Eleusis, are connected with his name. A ""Titanomachia"" and ""Theogonia"" are also attributed"
"Phemonoe In Greek mythology, Phemonoe ( ; ) was a Greek poet of the ante-Homeric period. She was said to have been the daughter of Apollo, his first priestess at Delphi, or of his possible son Delphus, and the inventor of the hexameter verses, a type of poetic metre. In some studies, attributed to the phrase ""know thyself"" (γνῶθι σεαυτόν) found inscribed at the entrance to the Temple of Apollo at Delphi. Some writers seem to have placed her at Delos instead of Delphi; and Servius identifies her with the Cumaean Sibyl. The tradition which ascribed to her the invention"
"Anthology"", the majority of which are about women. One of these poems (preserved as A. P. 5.170) is modelled after Sappho's fragment 16. Meleager of Gadara, in his ""Garland"", includes her among the most distinguished Greek singers. Antipater of Thessalonica ranks her among the nine poets who deserved the honor to compete with the Muses. Nossis states in her work that her mother was named Theuphila, the daughter of Cleouchas. In another epigram, she mentions that she had a daughter named Melinna, who is possibly the poet Melinno. Nossis Nossis () was a Hellenistic Greek poet from Epizephyrian Locris in"
"of women. Moero seems to have had a high reputation as a poet in antiquity. Antipater of Thessalonica includes Moero in his list of famous women poets, and Meleager's proem to his ""Garland"" refers to her as a ""lily"", putting her alongside Sappho and Anyte. According to Tatian, Cephisodotus, the son of Praxiteles, sculpted her. Two epigrams which refer to Moero, composed by Anyte and Marcus Argentarius, survive in the Greek Anthology, and may be a reworking of a now-lost poem by Moero. Moero Moero (Μοιρώ) or Myro (Μυρώ) was a poet of the Hellenistic period from the city of"
"Moschus Moschus (), ancient Greek bucolic poet and student of the Alexandrian grammarian Aristarchus of Samothrace, was born at Syracuse and flourished about 150 BC. Aside from his poetry, he was known for his grammatical work, nothing of which survives. His few surviving works consist of an epyllion, the ""Europa"", on the myth of Europa, three bucolic fragments and a whole short bucolic poem ""Runaway Love"", and an epigram in elegiac couplets. His surviving bucolic material (composed in the traditional dactylic hexameters and Doric dialect) is short on pastoral themes and is largely erotic and mythological; although this impression may"
"Greek Anthology The Greek Anthology () is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the ""Greek Anthology"" comes from two manuscripts, the ""Palatine Anthology"" of the 10th century and the ""Anthology of Planudes"" (or ""Planudean Anthology"") of the 14th century. While papyri containing fragments of collections of poetry have been found in Egypt, the earliest known anthology in Greek was compiled by Meleager of Gadara in the first century BC, under the title ""Anthologia"", or ""Flower-Gathering."" It contained poems by the compiler himself and forty-six other"
"an archaic Greek poet from the island of Lesbos. Sappho is known for her lyric poetry, written to be sung while accompanied by a lyre. Most of Sappho's poetry is now lost, and what is extant has survived only in fragmentary form, except for one complete poem: the ""Ode to Aphrodite"". As well as lyric poetry, ancient commentators claimed that Sappho wrote elegiac and iambic poetry. Three epigrams attributed to Sappho are extant, but these are actually Hellenistic imitations of Sappho's style. Christine de Pizan was the most know late medieval French writer, rhetorician, and critic, wrote ""Book of the"
"Mnemosyne Mnemosyne (; , ) is the goddess of memory in Greek mythology. ""Mnemosyne"" is derived from the same source as the word ""mnemonic"", that being the Greek word ""mnēmē"", which means ""remembrance, memory"". Mnemosyne is the mother of the nine Muses. A Titanide, or Titaness, Mnemosyne was the daughter of the Titans Uranus and Gaia. Mnemosyne was the mother of the nine Muses, fathered by her nephew, Zeus: In Hesiod’s ""Theogony"", kings and poets receive their powers of authoritative speech from their possession of Mnemosyne and their special relationship with the Muses. Zeus, in a form of a mortal"
"Clio In Greek mythology, Clio (, ; , ""Kleiṓ""; ""made famous"" or ""to make famous""), also spelled Kleio, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre playing. Clio, sometimes referred to as ""the Proclaimer"", is often represented with an open parchment scroll, a book, or a set of tablets. The name is etymologically derived from the Greek root κλέω/κλείω (meaning ""to recount,"" ""to make famous,"" or ""to celebrate""). Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. Along with her sister Muses, she is considered"
"the Muse of Epic Poetry, carries a writing tablet; Clio, the Muse of History, carries a scroll; Erato, the Muse of Lyric Poetry, carries a lyre; and Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy, carries a wreath. Beneath the sculptures of the Muses are four faces of Poseidon, the God of the Sea according to Greek mythology, each spouting water. The fountain bears close resemblance to the Carriedo Fountain in Manila, which also dates from 1882, and was possibly manufactured by the same founder. Tan Kim Seng Fountain The Tan Kim Seng Fountain is a fountain in Singapore that was erected in"
"""Odyssey"" and ""Iliad"", with the nine Muses standing above them and a procession of worshippers approaching an altar, believed to represent the Alexandrine Homereion. Apollo, the god of music and poetry, also appears, along with a female figure tentatively identified as Mnemosyne, the mother of the Muses. Zeus, the king of the gods, presides over the proceedings. The relief demonstrates vividly that the Greeks considered Homer not merely a great poet but the divinely-inspired reservoir of all literature. From the 19th and 20th centuries, treatments of the subject by Wedgewood (based on a a 5th century BC vase misidentified in"