Apollo And The Nine Muses

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Apollo And The Nine Muses

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Photo Researchers

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Apollo and the Nine Muses, Gustave Moreau, 1856. Oil on canvas, part of a private collection. Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology. The ideal of the kouros (a beardless, athletic youth), Apollo has been variously recognized as a god of light and the sun, truth and prophecy, healing, plague, music, poetry, and more. The Nine Muses of the Greek Mythology were deities that gave artists, philosophers and individuals the necessary inspiration for creation. 1) Clio discovered history and guitar. History was named Clio in the ancient years, because it refers to "kleos" the Greek word for the heroic acts. Clio was always represented with a clarion in the right arm and a book in the left hand. 2) Euterpe discovered several musical instruments, courses and dialectic. She was always depicted holding a flute, while many instruments were always around her. 3) Thalia the protector of comedy; she discovered comedy, geometry, architectural science and agriculture. She was also protector of Symposiums. She was always depicted holding a theatrical-comedy mask. 4) Melpomene the protector of Tragedy; she invented tragedy, rhetoric speech and Melos. She was depicted holding a tragedy mask and usually bearing a bat. 5) Terpsichore the protector of dance; she invented dances, the harp and education. She was called Terpsichore because she was enjoying and having fun with dancing ( "Terpo" in Greek refers to be amused). She was depicted wearing laurels on her head, holding a harp and dancing. 6) Erato the protector of Love and Love Poetry-as well as wedding. Her name comes from the Greek word "Eros" that refers to the feeling of falling in love. She was depicted holding a lyre and love arrows and bows. 7) Polymnia the protector of the divine hymns and mimic art; she invented geometry and grammar. She was depicted looking up to the Sky, holding a lyre. 8) Ourania the protector of the celestial objects and stars; she inve

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March 13th, 2013

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