TERPSICHORE The muses were the women of Greek mythology who lived on Mount Helicon and who guided the artists in the inspiration and realization of their works. The Greek word mousa means 'song or poem', from which the word 'music' derives. At first they were an indeterminate number, until Hesiod defined them as nine. The nine were born from nine nights in a row of love between Zeus and Mnemosyne, one of the titanids. Therefore, these muses are the granddaughters of gods such as Uranus and Gaia. Terpsichore was the muse of dance and choral singing, although in its beginnings these attributes were not well delimited According to Hesiod they are: CALLIOPE It is the muse that first appears in the Theogony and the greatest. She is the muse of poetry and rhetoric. CLÍO is the muse of history, he kept alive the triumphs and generous acts. ERATÓ is the muse of lyrical-love poetry. EUTERPE is the muse of music. POLIMNIAes the muse of lyrical and sacred poetry, rhetoric, pantomime and lyrics. He taught men agriculture. TALIA, from the ancient Greek, 'flowering', is one of the two muses of the theatre, the one who inspired comedy, and was also the muse of bucolic or pastoral poetry. TERPSICHORE already explained, yURANIA was the muse of astronomy. MELPOMENE is also named as the muse of tragedy.
