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In Delphi too three Muses were worshipped, but with other names: Nete, Mese, and Hypate, which are assigned as the names of the three chords of the ancient musical instrument, the lyre. [13] Alternatively, later they were called Cephisso, Apollonis, and Borysthenis - names which characterize them as daughters of Apollo. [14]
Melpomene is one of the nine Muses, the Muse of tragedy. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Hesiod , Apollodorus , and Diodorus Siculus all held that Melpomene was the daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne . She was the sister of the other Muses, Calliope , Clio , Erato , Euterpe , Polyhymnia , Terpsichore , Thalia , and Urania . [ 4 ]
As one of the Muses, Polyhymnia is the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne. She was also described as the mother of Triptolemus by Cheimarrhoos, son of Ares , [ 4 ] and of the musician Orpheus by Apollo .
Euterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by Zeus, god of the gods.Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy).
Apollonis (/ ˌ æ p ə ˈ l oʊ n ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀπoλλωνίς means "of Apollo") [citation needed] was one of the three younger Mousai Apollonides (Muses) in Greek mythology and daughters of Apollo, [1] who were worshipped in Delphi where the Temple of Apollo and the Oracle were located.
The muse Clio is a character in Piers Anthony's Xanth series. She features as the protagonist in the 2004 book Currant Events. The muse Clio is a main supporting character in Jodi Taylor's The Chronicles of St. Mary's series – using the name "Mrs. Partridge" as a cover while working as the personal assistant to Dr. Bairstowe. Her true ...
Alcestis (Άλκηστις), daughter of Pelias and wife of Admetus, who was known for her devotion to her husband; Amymone, the one daughter of Danaus who refused to murder her husband, thus escaping her sisters' punishment; Andromache (Ανδρομάχη), wife of Hector
Her name was also the lowest of the seven notes of the lyre. Her sisters that were worshipped along with her were Hypate and Mese. These three muses were comparable to the original three, Aoide, Melete, and Mneme. Alternatively, they were Cephisso, Apollonis, and Borysthenis, which portrayed them as the daughters of Apollo.