THE MUSES
Genealogy:
- -Gaia (Ge, Tellus) and Ouranos ------Mnaseas
- -Zeus (Jupiter) and Mnemosyne -----Hesiod
| Three Muses [Ephoros] | Four Muses [Mnaseas] | Seven Muses [Myrtilos] | Nine Muses [Hesiod] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melete ('practice') | Melete | Neilous | Clio (History) |
| Aoide ('song') | Aoide | Tritone | Euterpe (tragedy-flute) |
| Mneme ('memory') | Arche | Asopus | Melpomene (tragedy-lyre) |
| Thelxiope | Heptapolis | Terpsichore (dance) | |
| Achelois | Erato (hymns/lyre) | ||
| Tmoplous | Polyhymnia (hymns) | ||
| Rhodia | Urania (Astronomy) | ||
| Thalieia (Comedy) | |||
| Photos: | Calliope (Epic) | ||
| Apollo Musagetes Calliope (Vatican) | [Calliope was the mother of Orpheus and Linus] |
The Muse Thalia. with comic mask
(Living Room of a Pompeian House)
SEE
:- -Hesiod,Theogony 36-115.
- -Ovid, Metamorphoses V. 273-340, 662-678.
- -Apollodorus,Library of Mythology I. 3.1-4; III. 5.8.
- -Pausanias, Description of Greece IX. 24.3; IX. 29.1-6.
