There once lived in Thrace a wonderful young musician named Orpheus, son of the muse Calliope. […] One of the Muses. […] Sacred mountain in Boeotia; the home of the Muses. […] A musician, son of the muse Calliope, 65. […] A winged horse, associated by modem poets with the Muses, 18.

Here they conversed of the affairs of heaven and earth; and as they quaffed their nectar, Apollo, the god of music, delighted them with the tones of his lyre, to which the Muses sang in responsive strains. […] The cords were nine, in honor of the nine Muses. […] Calliope was the muse of epic poetry, Clio of history, Euterpe of lyric poetry, Melpomene of tragedy, Terpsichore of choral dance and song, Erato of love poetry, Polyhymnia of sacred poetry, Urania of astronomy, Thalia of comedy. […] Minerva caught him and tamed him and presented him to the Muses. […] Pegasus, being the horse of the Muses, has always been at the service of the poets.