POMPONI downwards to left, MVSA downwards to right.Laureate head of Apollo right two crossed tibiae behind / Euterpe, the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry, wearing long flowing tunic and peplum, standing right, supporting her head with her left hand by resting her elbow on column, and holding two tibiae in right hand Q Pindar and other sources (the author of the Bibliotheca, and Servius ), describe the Thracian king Rhesus, who appears in the Iliad, as son of Euterpe and the river-god Strymon Homer calls him son of Eioneus. Euterpe is often depicted holding a flute in artistic renditions of her. Some say she also invented other wind instruments. Some people believe that she invented the aulos or double-flute, though most mythographers credit Marsyas or Athena with its invention. Later on, tradition also placed them on Mount Helicon in Boeotia where there was a major cult center to the goddesses, or on Mount Parnassus where the Castalian spring was a favorite destination for poets and artists. Euterpe Pérez GaldósĪlong with her sister Muses, Euterpe was believed to have lived on Mount Olympus where she and her sisters entertained their father and the other Olympian gods with their great artistry. It flowed between two high rocks above the city of Delphi, and in ancient times its sacred waters were introduced into a square stone basin, where they were retained for the use of the Pythia, the priests, priestesses, as well as the oracle of Apollo. The mountain spring on Mount Parnassus was sacred to Euterpe and the other Muses. Sometimes they are referred to as water nymphs having been born from the four sacred springs on Helicon which flowed from the ground after Pegasus, the winged horse, stamped his hooves on the ground. Her sisters include Calliope (muse of epic poetry), Clio (muse of history), Melpomene (muse of tragedy), Terpsichore (muse of dancing), Erato (muse of erotic poetry), Thalia (muse of comedy), Polyhymnia (muse of hymns), and Urania (muse of astronomy). She has been called "Giver of delight" by ancient poets.Įuterpe was born as one of the daughters of Mnemosyne, Titan goddess of memory, and fathered by Zeus, god of the gods. In late Classical times, she was named muse of lyric poetry. Euterpe on an antique fresco from PompeiiĬalliope, Polyhymnia, Urania, Clio, Erato, Thalia, Terpsichore, MelpomeneĮuterpe ( / j uː ˈ t ɜːr p iː/ Greek: Εὐτέρπη, lit.'rejoicing well' or 'delight', from Ancient Greek: εὖ, romanized: eû, lit.'well' + Greek: τέρπειν, romanized: térpein, lit.'to please') was one of the Muses in Greek mythology, presiding over music.
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