{The Muses (2)}[12th July 1987]

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The 9 Muses* are:**

	***		[The 9 Muses]
(Chief Muse)('Beautiful voice'=)	{1}	≡	Calliope#****	Epic or Heroic poetry, poetic inspiration. Stylus & wax tablets. (Judged Aphrodite v Persephone over Adonis.)
('The Proclaimer')=	{2}		Clio	Historical & Heroic poetry; history. (With trumpet & water clock.) Told off Aphrodite for her love of Love of Adonis.
	{4}	-	Euterpe	Dionysiac music; joy & pleassure; the double flute; flutes.#
(Also a Grace)****	{8}		Thalia	Comedy & Pastoral Poetry; rural pursuits. (With comic mask & shepherd's staff.)
	{7}	‗	Melpomene#**	Tragedy (& (lyre playing!#* with mask & CLUB of Hercules.
	{5}		Terpsichore#**	Dancing & the dramatic chorus; (lyric poety (later)). Seated + Lyre (+ (some) flute#*.
	{6}	-	Erato#***	Erotic poetry (Brewer) (wiith lyre). Lyric poetry or Hymns.#*
	{3}		Polyhymnia#***	Lyric poetry; inventor of Lyre & Harmony; singing. Dancing or Geometry#*
'Heavenly'/'Celestial'	{9}	≡	Urania#**** (= Aphrodite/Venus.)	Astrology; with staff pointing at globe; with compass. Astronomy.

(per Brewer['s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Centenary Edition, 1970; 1971).] & E[ncylopaedia] B[ritannica].

+ 3 earlier Muses sometimes given:

Melete [–] Meditation

Mneme [–] Remembrance

Aoide [–] Song.

The 3 Graces are:

Aglaia

Thalia

Euphrosyne.

(E[ncylopaedia] B[ritannica]) says the lists disagree. This one is per Hesiod (who began differentiation) except that Calliope, the chief, was last (in (E[ncylopaedia] B[ritannica]).)

*{ref. [[Redbook4:36][19870712:1000]{The Muses (1)}[12^th July 1987],]36.}

**(Daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne (Memory) – [who was the daughter of] Uranus & Gaia (Heaven & Earth).

***Dict[ionary of ] Class[ical] Myth[ology] order: Is it significant? <880627>

****(unfortunately – surely the same name, not the same person?)

#(Tragedy per E[ncylopaedia] B[ritannica]!)

#*(E[ncylopaedia] B[ritannica])

#**(may be mother of Sirens.)

#***(Mother of Eros? (E[ncylopaedia] B[ritannica]))

#****(Urania or Calliope mother of Linus the Musician.)

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