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The Muses were venerated especially in Boeotia, in the Valley of the Muses near Helicon, and in Delphi and the Parnassus, where Apollo became known as Mousēgetēs ('Muse-leader') after the sites were rededicated to his cult.
Pausanias, a Greek geographer from the second century, claims that there were originally three Heliconian Muses as well. However, the names he cites for them – Melete (“Study”), Mneme (“Memory”), and Aoide (“Song”) – sound too modern to believe him.
24 kwi 1999 · The Boeotian version said that the Muses lived at Mount Helicon, while the later version said that the Muses' home was near Mount Olympus, in Peiria, Macedon. They were first worshipped by the Aloadae, the twin giants named Otus and Ephialtes, at Mount Helicon (in Boeotia) which was reputably the place they were born.
The Muses were the ancient Greek goddesses of music, poetry and inspiration. This page describes their divine aspects.
Generalities Concerning the Mousai. According to Isíodos (Hesiod, Ἡσίοδος), the Mousai (Muses, Μοῦσαι, plural) are nine daughters of Zefs (Ζεύς) and Mnimosýni (Mnemosyne, Μνημοσύνη), born in Piæría (Pieria, Πιερία, also Πιερίς) near Mount Ólymbos (Όλυμπος).
Greek mythology. In Greek mythology, two springs sacred to the Muses were located here: the Aganippe and the Hippocrene, both of which bear "horse" (ἵππος híppos) in their names.
11 paź 2023 · That was, typically, their role in ancient Greek culture. They were said to inspire poets, singers, and philosophers and were therefore the patrons of the arts and the sciences. White-ground lekythos depicting two Muses identified as Heliconian by the inscription below the rock the Muse sits on.
