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Terpsichore on an antique fresco from Pompeii. In Greek mythology, Terpsichore (/ t ər p ˈ s ɪ k ər iː /; Ancient Greek: Τερψιχόρη, "delight in dancing") is one of the nine Muses and goddess of dance and chorus. She lends her name to the word "terpsichorean", which means "of or relating to dance".
Art UK artwork ID: the-muses-terpsichore-and-polyhymnia-131082 ; Source/Photographer: Licensing. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, ...
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 ...
As a result, the museum now owns and exhibits the finest existing portrait of the Roman emperor Tiberius and one of the country's best examples of Hellenistic sculpture, a depiction of Terpsichore, the Greek muse of dance. A total of 450 works of art are now on display in galleries devoted to Greek and Roman art. [2]
Terpsichore is mentioned in master poet Tony Harrison's 1992 Film-Poem The Gaze of the Gorgon: 'Terpsichore, the Muse who sees, her dances done by amputees' Terpsichore features in the 1997 Walt Disney Pictures film Hercules, appearing alongside the muses Calliope, Clio, Melpomene and Thalia, who collectively serve as a Greek chorus.
Official attempts from the Greek state for the repatriation of the Terpsichore started in 2007, when concerns were raised in Greek press over the manner of the acquisition of the statue and two more objects, a Minoan larnax and a large Rhodian pithos, [7] although until 2020 the informal contacts between the two sides were without any substantial progress. [8]
The Muses, Terpsichore and Polyhymnia (between 1793 and 1795) ... 18 artworks by or after Robert Fagan at the Art UK site This page was last edited on 3 July ...
The room also had three ceiling paintings of the Muses commissioned from Frederic Leighton, one with Mnemosyne accompanying Melpomene and Thalia, and separate canvases depicting Terpsichore and Erato each with an attendant (it appears the main panel was broken up, and parts were sold in 2020 and 2021: all in private collections). [8] [9]