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Micro-post #11: The Nine Muses of Greek Myth [Basic Knowledge Stuff #1]

  • Writer: Alex Bemish
    Alex Bemish
  • May 16
  • 1 min read

Sometimes, these micro-posts are also going to just be lists or short definitions of cultural literacy-kind of things. Here's the first of those.

Photo by Pascal Bernardon (Unsplash)


The muses of Greek mythology are the personifications of intellectual inspiration and include the following:

  1. Calliope (epic poetry)

  2. Clio (history)

  3. Polyhymnia (hymn)

  4. Euterpe (flute)

  5. Terpsichore (light verse and dance)

  6. Erato (lyric choral poetry)

  7. Melpomene (tragedy)

  8. Thalia (comedy)

  9. Urania (astronomy, astrology, and space)





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