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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 ...
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 ...
A muse is a person who provides creative inspiration to a person of the arts (such as a writer, artist, composer, and so on) or sometimes in the sciences. In the course of history, these have usually (but not necessarily) been women. The term is derived from the Muses, ancient Greek goddesses of inspiration. Human muses are woven throughout ...
Please note there should be a weight of evidence that the people added to this category can be described as a muse as a defining characteristic in order to justify their inclusion. For the nine goddesses of the inspiration of literature, science, and the arts, please use Category:Muses (mythology).
See Category:Muses for people who were sources of inspiration. Pages in category "Muses (mythology)" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
Weimar courtyard of the Muses. Schiller reading to the court in Tiefurt. (1860) by Theobald von Oer, Among the audience are Herder (2. from left, seated), Wieland (center, seated with cap) and Goethe (in front of the pillar, right). [1] Temple of the Muses with statue of Melpomene, Greek muse of tragic poetry and song, built in 1803, [2 ...
In contrast to Mexico's majority mestizo culture, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec has a predominantly Zapotec population, one of the country's indigenous peoples. It is widely reported that muxe face less hostility there than homosexuals, effeminate males, and trans women do elsewhere in Mexico.
Pages in category "Classical mythology in popular culture" The following 97 pages are in this category, out of 97 total. ... Muses in popular culture;