The nine muses
Daughters of Zeus
Inspiring of mortals
And nurturers of the
arts
The fifth was,
The divine Melpomène,
The one that is
melodious,
Was firstly the muse
of singing
To celebrate with
dance and song
Then she became the
muse of tragedy
And hid behind a
tragic mask
A knife or club in her
hand
Creator of beautiful
lyrical phrases
Melpomène muse of
Horace
The nine muses
Daughters of Zeus
Inspiring of mortals
And nurturers of the
arts
The fourth was,
The divine Euterpe,
Rejoicing well,
Was firstly the muse
of music
Then of Lyrical poetry
A double flute in her
hand
Euterpe the Giver of
delight
The nine muses
Daughters of Zeus
Inspiring of mortals
And nurturers of the
arts
The third was,
The divine Erato,
Desired and lovely,
Was the muse of the
lyric poets
A golden arrow in her
hand
Muse of love verse
And of Erotic poetry
Erato the muse who
charms the sight
And inspires love in
everybody
The nine muses
Daughters of Zeus
Inspiring of mortals
And nurturers of the
arts
The second was,
The divine Clio
The maker of fame,
Was the muse of
history
A parchment scroll in
her hands
Clio was the
proclaimer
The nine muses
Daughters of Zeus
Inspiring of mortals
And nurturers of the
arts
The first was,
The divine Calliope,
Beautiful-voiced,
Was the muse of the
epic poets
A writing tablet in
her hand
Calliope was Homer's
muse
Inspiration for the
Iliad
Divine influence of
the Odyssey
Scylla of Greek myth
Great monster of the
sea
Terror of the seas
A fearful monster
The scourge of sailors
Believed in later times,
Scylla was thought
To be a rock in the
Straits of Messina
Phoebe Goddess of the moon
Radiant, bright,
prophetic
Titan goddess Phoebe
With an oracular
intellect
Reigned unchallenged
at Delphi
And Gold-Crowned was epithet
Greek Goddess Artemis
The virgin Goddess
Of the hunt and the moon
Daughter of Zeus and
Leto
Twin sister of Phoebus
Sun God Apollo
Greek God of light
God of prophesy
Poetry, music and
healing
Son of Zeus and Leto
Twin brother of Artemis
Sun God Phoebus
Greek God of light
God of prophesy
Poetry, music and
healing
Son of Zeus and Leto
Twin brother of
Artemis
Greek Demeter
Guardian of the
harvest
Goddess of the corn
Mother of Persephone
Goddess of fertility
Protector of matrimony
Acheron, the river of pain,
One of the five rivers
of hades
Where Charon the
ferryman
Plied his morbid trade
The Sibylline Oracles,
Oracular
utterances scribed
In
Greek hexameters
Ascribed
to the Sibyls,
Prophetesses
who uttered
The
divine revelations
In a state of frenzy
Oracle of Dione and Zeus
At
Dodona in Epirus
Apollo’s
temple at Didyma
On
the coast of Asia Minor,
Or
at Corinth and Bassae
In
the Peloponnese,
And
Delos and Aegina
In
the Aegean Sea
Seers of antiquity, interpreters
Of
signs sent by the Gods
Through
bird signs, animal entrails,
Or
primitive Runic methods
The Oracles of antiquity,
Were
portals to the Olympians
So,
the Gods could speak
Directly
to those in their dominions
Inspired by the Gods
In
Classical Antiquity,
Oracles gave wise counsel
Prophetic
predictions
Or
precognition of the future
As
they performed their Oracular
Form
of divination
In
temples to the Gods
The powerful Titan’s
Giants of Greek Mythology
Born of Uranus and Gaea
Rulers of the earth
Brutally overthrown
By the Olympian Gods
