[calliope]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Calliope
Other Names: Kalliopeia, Kallipea, Calliopea, Kallos, Ops, Beautiful-Voiced
Role/Function: Muse of Epic Poetry. Also the goddess of eloquence, who bestowed her gift on kings and princes.
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: Oaegrus
Children: Orpheus, by Apollo
Relations
Friends: Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: Oaegrus
Past Relationships: Apollo
Biographical
Myth: Calliope was the eldest of the Muses, the goddesses of music, song and dance. She was also the goddess of eloquence, who bestowed her gift on kings and princes. She is considered the wisest of the Muses, as well as the most assertive.
In Classical times--when the Muses were assigned specific artistic spheres--Calliope was named Muse of epic poetry. In this guise she was portrayed holding a tablet and stylus or a scroll. In older art she holds a lyre.
Calliope was the mother of the bard Orpheus, whom she taught verses for singing. When her son was dismembered by the Bacchantes, she recovered his head and enshrined on the island of Lesbos.
She is now best known as Homer's muse, the inspiration for the Iliad and the Odyssey.
One account says Calliope was the lover of the war god Ares, and bore him several sons: Mygdon, Edonus, Biston, and Odomantus - respectively the founders of Thracian tribes known as the Mygdones, Edones, Bistones and Odomantes.
She married Oeagrus close to Pimpleia,Olympus.
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[clio]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Clio
Other Names: Kleiô, Proclaimer
Role/Function: Muse of History
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: Pierus, King of Pieria
Children: Hymenaius, Hyacinthus by Pierus
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: Peirus
Past Relationships: Apollo, Peirus
Biographical
Myth: Clio was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. Her name was derived from the Greek verb kleô, "to make famous" or "celebrate." In Classical times--when the Mousai were assigned specific literary and artistic spheres--Kleio was named Muse of history. In this guise she was represented holding an open scroll, seated beside a chest of books, or with a set of tablets.
She had one son, Hyacinth, with the King of Pieria, Pierus. Some sources say she was also the mother of Hymenaius. She is also known as the Proclaimer
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[melpomene]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Melpomene
Other Names: Celebrate with Dance and Song
Role/Function: Muse of Tragedy, originally Muse of Singing
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: None
Children: The Sirens
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Apollo, Achelous
Biographical
Myth: Melpomene was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. In Classical times, when the Mousai were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Melpomene was named Muse of tragedy. In this guise she was portrayed holding a tragic mask or sword, and sometimes wearing a wreath of ivy and cothurnus boots. Her name was derived from the Greek verb melpô or melpomai meaning "to celebrate with dance and song."
She is the mother of the Sirens by Achelous, the river god. In Roman and Greek poetry, it was traditional to invoke the goddess Melpomene so that one might create beautiful lyrical phrases. On her head she is shown wearing a crown of cypress.
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[euterpe]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Euterpe
Other Names: Well Pleasing, Giver of Delight
Role/Function: Muse of Lyric Poetry
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: None
Children: Rhesus, by Strymon
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Apollo, Strymon
Biographical
Myth: Euterpe was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. Her name was derived from the Greek words eu- and terpô, meaning "giver of much delight."
In Classical times--when the Muses were assigned specific artistic spheres--Euterpe was named Muse of lyric poetry. Her attribute was the double-flute. She was called the "Giver of delight", and a few say she invented the aulos or double-flute, though most mythographers credit Marsyas with its invention. The river god Strymon impregnated Euterpe; her son Rhesus led a band of Thracians and was killed by Diomedes at Troy, according to Homer's Iliad.
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[erato]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Erato
Other Names: Lovely, Beloved
Role/Function: Muse of Erotic Poetry and Mime
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: None
Children: Cliopheme, by Malos
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Apollo, Malos
Biographical
Myth: Erato was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. Her name means "the lovely" or "beloved" from the Greek word eratos. In Classical times--when the Muses were assigned specific artistic spheres--she was named Muse of erotic poetry and mimic imitation and represented holding a lyre.
In the Orphic hymn to the Muses, it is Erato who charms the sight. Since the Renaissance she is often shown with a wreath of myrtle and roses, holding a lyre, or a small kithara, a musical instrument that Apollo or she herself invented. In Simon Vouet's representations, two turtle-doves are eating seeds at her feet. Other representations may show her holding a golden arrow, reminding one of the "eros", the feeling that she inspires in everybody, and at times she is accompanied by the god Eros, holding a torch.
She was also invoked at the beginning of a lost poem, Rhadine (Ῥαδινή), that was referred to and briefly quoted by Strabo. Erato was linked again with love in Plato's Phaedrus, and she is also invoked at the beginning of Virgil's Aeneid, Book 7 (also the beginning of the second half or 'Iliadic' section of the poem).
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[terpsichore]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Terpsichore
Other Names: Terpsikhorê, Delighting in Dance (terpsis, khoros)
Role/Function: Muse of Choral Song and Dance
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: None
Children: Linus, by Apollo
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Urania, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Apollo
Biographical
Myth: Terpsichore was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. In late classical times--when the Muses were assigned specific literary and artistic spheres--Terpsikhore was named Muse of choral song and dancing, and represented with a plectrum and lyre.
By Apollo, she is the mother of Linus, who taught music to Orpheus and then to Heracles. Heracles killed him with Linus's own lyre after he reprimanded Heracles for making errors.
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[urania]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Urania
Other Names: Ouraniê, Heavenly One
Role/Function: Muse of Astronomy
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Spouse: None
Children:
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Thalia, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Amphimarus, Apollo, Hermes
Biographical
Myth: Urania was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. In Classical times shecame to be titled the muse of astronomy and astronomical writings. In this guise she was depicted pointing to a globe with a rod.
She is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars. She is often associated with Universal Love and the Holy Spirit. She is dressed in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the Heavens. Those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her.
During the Renaissance, Urania began to be considered the Muse for Christian poets. Urania is the "heavenly muse" invoked in John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost.
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[thalia]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Thalia
Other Names: Thaleia, Festivity, Blooming
Role/Function: Muse of Comedy and Idyllic Poetry
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Polyhymnia
Spouse: None
Children: The Corybantes, by Apollo
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Polyhymnia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Apollo
Biographical
Myth: Thalia was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. Her name was derived from the Greek word thaleia, meaning "rich festivity" or "blooming." In Classical times--when the Mousai were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres--Thaleia was named Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry. In this guise she was portrayed with the attributes of comic mask, shepherd's staff and wreath of ivy.
The eighth-born of the goddesses, she and Apollo were the parents of the Corybantes, seven daemons who presided over the Corybantic dance of the Mysteries of Samothrace.
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[polyhymnia]
Myth Basics
Deity Name: Polyhymnia
Other Names: Polymnia, Many Praises, Many Hymns
Role/Function: Muse of Hymns
Parents: Zeus and Mnemosyne
Siblings: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia
Spouse: None
Children: None
Relations
Friends: Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsichore, Urania, Thalia
Enemies: Enemies of Apollo
Romantic Status: Single
Significant Other: None
Sexual Preference: Heterosexual
Present Interests: None
Past Relationships: Apollo
Biographical
Myth: Polyhymnia was one of the nine Mousai, the goddesses of music, song and dance. In Classical times--when the Mousai were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres--Polyhymnia was named Muse of religious hymns. In this guise she portrayed as a woman standing in a pensive or meditative. Her name was derived from the Greek words poly-, "many," and hymnos, "praise" or "hymn."
She is depicted as very serious and pensive, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. She brings fame to writers whose works have won them immortal fame. Polyhymnia is also sometimes accredited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation.
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