Look up: muses

1. Muses
   daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, goddesses of epic poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, choral dance, love poetry, sacred music, astronomy and comedy.
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2. muses
   muse, mused, musing, muses 1. To be absorbed in one's thoughts; to engage in meditation. 2. To consider or to say thoughtfully: 'She mused that it might take longer to drive than to walk.' 3. To think about something in a deep and serious, or dreamy, and abstracted way. 4. To say something in a t...
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3. muses
   William Bullokar's English dictionary (1616) explains them as 'The feyned goddesses of poetry, and musicke, which were nine in number and daughters vnto Iupiter and Mnemosyne: Their names were Cleio, Melpomene, Thaleia, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Calliope, Vrania and Polymneia.'
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4. Muses
   Muses, in Greek religion and mythology, patron goddesses of the arts, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Originally only three, they were later considered as nine. Calliope was the Muse of epic poetry and eloquence; Euterpe, of music or of lyric poetry; Erato, of the poetry of love; Polyhymnia (or Pol...
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5. Muses
   The muses were nymphs of the springs.
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