Of the nine Greek muses, which one was considered the goddess of music?
- Calliope
- Euterpe
- Terpsichore
- Thalia
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One Comment
Euterpe, or the “giver of delight”, was the Greek Muse of music and was typically depicted carrying a flute. The daughters of Zeus (king of all gods) and the Titaness Mnemosyne (the goddess of memory), the nine muses were minor goddesses in Greek mythology. Trained and taught to sing by Apollo (the god of music), each of the Muses were considered the inspiration for various art forms; Calliope (heroic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Melpomene (tragedy), Polymnia (hymns), Terpsichore (dance), Thalia (comedy), and Urania (astronomy). They are even the source of the word “music”, which is translated from the Greek as “art of the muses.”
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