The Muses inspired the names of the museums, but do you know who these creatures were? Museum, from the Greek Moiseum, means Temple of the Muses, and in Alexandria, already in antiquity, this designation was used for places that served to the study of the art and the sciences, fields connected to these mythological beings. Initially, the muses were created to celebrate the victory of the gods over the Titans, in the so-called Titanomachy.Ĭonsidered deities of spring, over time their importance increased until they became goddesses – and responsible for human inspiration.
The ancient Greeks believed that their work was inspired and helped directly by the Muse of the art in which they fit.įor this reason, all epic poems, for example, typically begin with a request from the author to the muse Calliope, so that she inspires him.įrom the from the relationship of Mnemósine with Zeus the Muses were born: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polymnia, Terpsichore, Talia and Urania.
Muse Euterpe from the illustrations to Ovid by Virgil Solis (1562) The Muses Linked to music, it is represented with the flute.Īt the end of the classical period, she also represented Lyric Poetry. This article contains a video explaining the 9 muses.Įuterpe, Giuseppe Fagnani, 1869, oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Euterpe Get to know the representations of Euterpe the greek muse for music.
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