Muses
Nine divine sisters
The Muses are the nine goddesses of Greek mythology who preside over the arts and sciences—Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (love poetry), Euterpe (music), Melpomene (tragedy), Polyhymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy).
Writers have long invoked the Muses for inspiration: Sing, O Muse, of the wrath of Achilles. (Lowercase muses are sources of inspiration generally.)
Calliope
Greek muse of epics
- ClioMuse presiding over chronicles
- ThaliaDivine comedic inspiration
- MnemosyneMemory's divine embodiment
Zeus · Apollo · Olympus · Parnassus · Pegasus · nymph · laurel · Greek · divine · patroness
poetry
Metrical literary composition
comedy · history · astronomy · hymns · eloquence · literature · theater · composition · lyric · epic
- deitiesZeus, Odin, Thor, goddess, Ra
- Greek & RomanAchilles heel, Trojan horse, Pandora's box, Midas touch, Odyssey
- Greek mythologyZeus, Athena, Apollo, Hera, Poseidon
- Classical FiguresZeus, Apollo, Athena, Poseidon, Hades
- mythical groupsTitans, Olympians, Amazons, Argonauts, Valkyries
- mythological beingsdemigod, demigods, godling, godlings, centaur
Musescraftsmen
Skilled manual trade workers
artisans · apprentices · ordinary people · laypeople · philistines
- science museumInstitution displaying natural phenomena
- art museumInstitution displaying visual works
- natural history museumsInstitutions preserving biological specimens
- museum pieceObject preserved for display
- wax museumsVenues displaying sculpted likenesses
- historical museumsVenues exhibiting bygone artifacts
museum, amusing, amusement, amused, musing, museums, Muse, muser, musingly