Who are the Nine Muses of Greek Mythology?

The nine muses of Greek mythology are the goddesses of song, dance, music, and poetry and were among the most important deities of the ancient Greek pantheon as the source of inspiration for poets. The most common and widespread belief was that the nine muses were the daughters of the Olympian god Zeus and the titan goddess of memory, Mnemosyne (which makes sense as the muses were also regarded as goddesses of knowledge who retained the knowledge of all that had come to pass).
The nine muses are Kalliope, the chief muse and responsible for epic poetry and rhetoric (and also known as the mother of gifted lyre player Orpheus), Kleio the goddess of history, Erato the goddess of erotic poetry and singing, Ourania the goddess of astronomy, Thaleia the goddess of comedy, Melpomene the goddess of tragedy, Euterpe the goddess of lyric poetry, Polymnia the goddess of religious hymns to the gods, and Terpsichore the goddess of dance.
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0:00​ Introduction
0:57 Who are the Nine Muses?
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[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

What are the figures from your culture comparable to the Nine Muses?

[@alejandrosakai1744]

Here in Mexico, we have the Mexica and the Mayan Gods! Is very difficult to find the Mesoamerican counterpart of the Greco-Roman Muses!

[@praish6054]

here in India, we have innumerable gods related to arts and music named as "Gandharvas "
please bring a video on Norse mythology .

[@sharoncurtis3413]

Kleio is my fave. I have a degree in History. I have the Michelangelo Delphic Sybil from the Sistine Chapel for thoughts and inspiration.

[@TupacMakaveli1996]

I wish they would teach this us in elementary skol, like this stuff is so interesting. To even think that people took these as sacred and now we can talk aboit it from secular perspective is just amazing

[@mckenzie_Rockneberg]

Well I just learned today, The Muse Melpomene is painted in The Library of Congress in DC!
Accurate and eerie. She is the muse of Tragedy.
And if it isn’t already clear that politics are nothing more than Theater. The most high stakes theater, equaling tragedy .
It blew my mind!

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Interesting indeed. Thanks for watching!

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Hi Kelly I love you and your channel. Could you cover the myths and beliefs of Sumerian religion. 🥰

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks, Adam. Stay tuned because we're always adding new videos. 🙂

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[@adamc1966]

👍👍

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Thank you so much, Travis. 🙂

[@paulmaggiar8274]

Thank you, Kelly. The Muses tickle my sense of inspiration like on one else. They manifest as whispers in the ears of all those who evoke them.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're very welcome, Paul! We're glad that you enjoyed the video. 🙂

[@tawan20082008]

thanks a lot! the most interesting part for me was the regionsl varieties like you mentioned in this video

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're very welcome. 🙂

[@Tekmirion]

Well presented Kelly! Well done!

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@rajuranjankumar1695]

Thanks dear

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[@wardafournello]

The first verse of Homer's Odyssey.
Ἄνδρα μοι ἔννεπε, Μοῦσα, πολύτροπον...= Tell me about the man, Musa, the man of many ways...
From Musa the word Museum ,In antiquity the museum was described as a place dedicated to the worship of the Muses. This means that the arts, letters, music, poetry, philosophy and dance were cultivated in this area.

[@gutterhalo]

Love the topic

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

We're glad that you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching!

[@FarbotBurunetNia]

Thank you.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're so welcome. 🙂

[@WildMen4444]

Hail to the Muses!

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👍👑

[@WildMen4444]

@@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia What's the crown for?

[@Delaney-and-the-Starlight]

HECK YEAH!!! 📜📯🎼📖🥁🌎🎨🎭🎻🩰

[@wanderingquestions7501]

Maybe the three and then nine muses are two distinct groups: one group of three and some other group of nine; expressions of yet other gods.

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Interesting thought. Thanks for watching!

[@EveTomlianovich-rl2fo]

🙏🏻❤️

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Thanks for watching!

[@__str]

All the 9 greek Muses are also sisters

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

Correct. Thanks for watching!

[@Davlavi]

thx

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

You're so welcome. 🙂

[@praish6054]

here in India, we have innumerable gods related to arts and music named as "Gandharvas "

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

We have an article on them: worldhistory.org/Apsaras_and_Gandharvas/ 🙂

[@praish6054]

Ma'am how do you know everything ???

[@WorldHistoryEncyclopedia]

We do a lot of research. 😉

[@alejandrosakai1744]

This means that Disney lied to us again! Good that we have the God of War games and the Percy Jackson books!

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👍🙂