Muses, The (Mu´ses), were nine daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. They presided over the arts and sciences, music and poetry. Their names were, Calliope, Clio, Erato, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, and Urania. They principally resided in Mount Parnassus, at Helicon.
“Be thou the tenth Muse, ten times more in worth,
Than those old nine which rhymers advocate.”
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