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2. Valley of the Muses - Wikipedia

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   The Valley of the Muses was the site of an ancient Greek sanctuary to the Muses and the Mouseia festivals held in their honor. It is an open-air historical site open permanently to the public. It is located at Thespies on the eastern slopes of Mount Helicon in Boeotia, Greece.

3. Mount Helicon - Wikipedia

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   The cult centers on Helicon established in the Valley of the Muses, a fertile valley near Thespiai and Ascra, under the influence of the Hesiodic texts, in Hellenistic times if not before, [10] were visited by Pausanias in the second century CE. [11] He explored the sacred grove by the spring Aganippe thoroughly and left a full description as ...

4. Category:Muses (mythology) - Wikipedia

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   Download as PDF; Printable version; ... See Category:Muses (persons) for people who were sources of inspiration. ... Valley of the Muses

5. Muses - Wikipedia

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   Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved in the Ghent University Library. [2]The word Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι, romanized: Moûsai) perhaps came from the o-grade of the Proto-Indo-European root *men-(the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function), [3] or from root *men ...

6. Thespiae - Wikipedia

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   Thespiae (/ ˈ θ ɛ s p i. iː / THESP-ee-ee; Ancient Greek: Θεσπιαί, romanized: Thespiaí) was an ancient Greek city in Boeotia.It stood on level ground commanded by the low range of hills which run eastward from the foot of Mount Helicon to Thebes, near modern Thespies.

7. Mount Parnassus - Wikipedia

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   According to some traditions, Parnassus was the site of the fountain Castalia and the home of the Muses; according to other traditions, that honor fell to Mount Helicon, another mountain in the same range. As the home of the Muses, Parnassus became known as the home of poetry, music, and learning. Entrance to the Corycian Cave

8. Complaints (poetry collection) - Wikipedia

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   We hear from the Muses in order: Clio, Melpomene, Thalia, Euterpe, Terpsichore, Erato, Calliope, Urania, and Polyhymnia. [5] The order is traditional, following a Latin mnemonic poem De musarum inventis , and had been adopted by the earlier English writer Gabriel Harvey in his Smithus .

9. De vita libri tres - Wikipedia

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   De vita is an amalgam of philosophy, medicine, magic and astrology.Alongside passages explaining the immortality and divine source and nature of the soul, there are astrological charts and remedies, speeches from various Greek gods arguing with one another, philosophical digressions, medieval prescriptions for various ills, attempts at reconciling the Neoplatonism of Plotinus with Christian ...