Mountain of the Muses
"O Muses! O High Genius! Be my aid!" - The Descent: Canto II The Inferno;
"The
Muses are nine as one They are all of one mind And, dancing, they are of one body As they turn, leap, and wind And, as a chorus, of one voice Harmonizing as they sing And they are all of one heart In passionate art rejoicing They are all of one spirit Daughters of thundering Jove Individual in thier talents Sisters united by love. " -Joseph M Barat |
"From
the Muses of Mt. Helicon let us begin our singing, that haunt
Helicon's great and holy mountain, and dance on their soft feet
round the violet-dark spring and the altar of the mighty Son of Kronos...From there they go
forth, veiled in thick mist, and walk by night, uttering
beautiful voice, singing of Zeus who bears the aegis."
-from Hesiod's "Theogony"
"Arts with thy sweet graces graced be;" Sonnet 78.12 -William Shakespeare
Calliope - Epic Poetry
Clio - History
Erato - Love Poetry
Euterpe - Music & Lyric Poetry
Melpomene - Tragedy
Polyhymnia - Sacred Music & Poetry
Terpsichore Dance
Thalia - Comedy
Urania - Astronomy
"My Muse labors, and thus She is delivered." - Iago II i Othello
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