1 MUSES By : Brandy Fuentes 3 rd Period March 13, 2012.

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1 MUSES By : Brandy Fuentes 3 rd Period March 13, 2012

2 WHO ARE THE MUSES? Muses are 9 girls who were born in Olympus They Are the goddess of creativity Daughters of Zeus the god of the gods and Mnemosyne the goddess of memory Names of the Muses are..... Cilo Terpsichore Thalia Urania Erato Melpomene Euterpe Polyhymnia Calliope

3 DESCRIPTION OF THE MUSES  The Muses always wore party clothes because they were always dancing and singing  Colorful clothing  The Muses have brown hair

4 THE MUSE’S HOMETOWN The home town of the Muse is Olympus All of the gods and goddesses live in Olympus The Muses have always lived in Olympus It is the highest mountain in Greece

5 MUSES’ POWERS The Muses’ inspired creation of art Clio (history) Thalia (comedy) Erato (love poetry) Euterpe (music) Polyhymnia (hymns) Calliope(epic poetry) Terpsichore(dance) Urania(astronomy) Melpomene (tragedy)

6 DEFINITION Calliope Clio Erato Euterpe Melpomene Polyhymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania The faired voice The proclaimed The lovely The giver of pleasure The strong stress She of many hymns The whirled The flourishing The heavenly NAMESTHE MEANING

7 THE WORD MUSES The word Muses means inspiration The word museum is originated from the word Muses The Muses were sometimes called “ The Gifted One ”

8 SCULPTURES OF THE MUSES The sculpture on the right is called Melpomene It is a sculpture of Melopeme holding a tragic mask The sculpture is in Paris, France The one in the in the top right corner is called “The Muse Terpsichore” This sculpture is in Russia The sculpture on the left is called ” The Muse Ployhymnia” This sculpture is located in Rome

9 PEOPLE WHO WERE INSPIRED BY THE MUSES Shakespeare: known for writing the play Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet and more Lord Byron: an English poet and writer Stephanie Meyer: writer known for writing the twilight series

10 EXTRA INFO The youngest Muses is Urania and the oldest Muses is Calliope The most famous sculpture today of the Muses is in Greece The Muses and Apollo were really good friend Thalia (comedy) was always holding a comic mask and Melopeme always held a tragic mask

11 POP QUIZ How many Muses are their? A: There are 9 Muses What does the word Muses mean? A: Inspiration Where do the muses live? A: Olympus Who is the Muses father ? A: Zeus The muses are goddess of what? A: creativity

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