- Information
- personifications of poetry and music
- Alternative name
- 👥 the Ardalides (alt. Muses)
- Children of
- 👤 Apollo 👤 Mnemosyne 👤 Zeus
- Conceived at
- 🌍 Pieria (N. Greece)
- Born at
- 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece)
- Creates
- 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes)
- Includes
- 👤 Aoide 👤 Apollonis 👤 Borysthenis 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👤 Cephiso 👤 Cleio (Muse) 👤 Erato (Muse) 👤 Euterpe 👤 Melete 👤 Melpomene 👤 Mneme 👤 Ourania (Muse) 👤 Polymnia 👤 Terpsichore 👤 Thaleia (Muse)
- Cult sites
- 🌍 Leibethra (Macedonia) 🌍 Megalopolis (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Pieria (N. Greece)🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Pimpleia (Macedonia) 🌍 River Ilissos (Athens) 🌍 the Academy (Athens) 🌍 the Citadel of Sparta 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Muses (Mt Helicon) 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Muses (Troizen) 🏛️ the Altar of the Muses and Hypnos (Troizen)
- Depictions
- 🌍 Amyclai (Laconia) 🌍 Coroneia (Boiotia) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Megara (Argolid) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Zeus (Olympia) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo (Delphi) 🏛️ the Temple of Hera (Olympia) 🏺 the Shield of Heracles💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Tyche (Megara)💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai) 🖌️ Attic Black-Figure Krater by Cleitias (Florence 4209; Beazley 300000; LIMC Antenor I 2)
- Related Entities
- ⏳ the Wedding of Cadmos and Harmonia (Thebes) ⏳ the Wedding of Peleus and Thetis 🌍 Andania (Messenia) 🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Cirrha (Phocis) 🌍 Corinth (Argolid) 🌍 Coroneia (Boiotia) 🌍 Delos (island) 🌍 Delphi (Phocis) 🌍 Dorion (Messenia) 🌍 Leibethra (Macedonia) 🌍 Megalopolis (Arcadia) 🌍 Mount Helicon (Boiotia) 🌍 Mount Olympos (N. Greece) 🌍 Mount Parnassos (Phocis) 🌍 Mount Pelion (Thessaly) 🌍 Mount Pieria (N. Greece)🌍 Olouris (Messenia) 🌍 Olympia (Elis) 🌍 Pieria (N. Greece) 🌍 Pimpleia (Macedonia) 🌍 River Cephisos (Phocis/Boiotia) 🌍 River Euenos (Aitolia) 🌍 River Helicon (Macedonia) 🌍 River Ilissos (Athens) 🌍 River Olmeios (Boiotia) 🌍 River Permessos (Boiotia) 🌍 Spring and River Dirce (Thebes) 🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 Thespiai (Boiotia) 🌍 Thrace (N. Greece) 🌍 Troizen (Argolid) 🌍 Troy (Troad) 🌍 the Academy (Athens) 🌍 the Beach of Troy 🌍 the Citadel of Sparta 🌍 the Citadel of Thebes (Boiotia) 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Muses (Mt Helicon) 🌍 the Sanctuary of the Muses (Troizen) 🌍 the Underworld 🏛️ Spring Hippocrene (Mt Helicon) 🏛️ the Altar of Zeus (Mt Helicon)🏛️ the Altar of the Muses and Hypnos (Troizen) 🏛️ the Temple of Apollo (Delphi) 🏛️ the Tomb of Achilles and Patroclos (Troy) 🏺 the Lyre of Apollo 🏺 the Shield of Heracles👤 Achilles 👤 Amphitrite 👤 Aoide 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Apollo 👤 Apollonis 👤 Ardalos 👤 Ares 👤 Argos (Panoptes) 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Borysthenis 👤 Cadmos 👤 Calliope (Muse) 👤 Cephiso 👤 Chariclo (w. of Cheiron) 👤 Cheiron (Centaur) 👤 Cithairon (personification)👤 Cleio (Muse) 👤 Demeter 👤 Demodocos 👤 Dionysos 👤 Doris (Oceanid) 👤 Eileithyia 👤 Ephialtes (giant) 👤 Erato (Muse) 👤 Eupheme 👤 Eurythemis 👤 Euterpe 👤 Ge (personification) 👤 Harmonia (Theban) 👤 Hebe 👤 Helicon (personification)👤 Helios 👤 Hephaistos 👤 Hera 👤 Hermes 👤 Hestia 👤 Hypermnestra (d. of Thestios) 👤 Io 👤 Iris 👤 Lachesis 👤 Leda 👤 Leto 👤 Linos (musician) 👤 Maia 👤 Marsyas 👤 Melete 👤 Melpomene 👤 Mneme 👤 Mnemosyne 👤 Nereus 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Otos (Boiotian) 👤 Ourania (Muse) 👤 Peleus 👤 Polymnia 👤 Poseidon 👤 Sphinx 👤 Sterope (Aitolian I) 👤 Stratonice (Aitolian II) 👤 Terpsichore 👤 Tethys 👤 Thaleia (Muse) 👤 Thamyris 👤 Themis 👤 Thetis 👤 Zeus 👥 the Ardalides (alt. Muses) 👥 the Charites 👥 the Daughters of Pieros 👥 the Horai 👥 the Hyperboreans 👥 the Moirai 👥 the Muses 👥 the Nereids 👥 the Olympian Gods👥 the Sirens 💠 the Chest of Cypselos (Olympia) 💠 the Temple of Tyche (Megara)💠 the Throne of Apollo (Amyclai)
- Appears in
- 📜 Aithiopis Argumentum 4 West📜 Homeric Hymn 14 to the Mother of the Gods 1-6📜 Homeric Hymn 25 to the Muses and Apollo 1-7📜 Homeric Hymn 27 to Artemis 1-22📜 Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo 182-206📜 Homeric Hymn 31 to Helios 1-15a📜 Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene 1-20📜 Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes 414-433📜 Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes 434-502📜 Minyad fr. 4 West📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.1📜 Apollodoros, Library 1.3.3📜 Apollodoros, Library 3.5.8📜 Bacchylides, Dithyrambs 19📜 Bacchylides, Odes 1📜 Bacchylides, Odes 12📜 Bacchylides, Odes 14📜 Bacchylides, Odes 4📜 Bacchylides, Odes 5📜 Bacchylides, Odes 6📜 Bacchylides fr. 63📜 Bacchylides fr. 65📜 Callimachus, Hymn to Delos 1-10📜 Corinna fr. 654 col. i PMG📜 Corinna fr. 674 PMG📜 Corinna fr. 676 PMG📜 Corinna fr. 692 PMG📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 10.435📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.494c📜 D-Scholia, Iliad 2.595📜 Eumelos fr. 34 West📜 Eumelos fr. 35 West📜 Euripides, Medeia 824-845📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 1 Most📜 Hesiod, Ehoiai fr. 23 Most📜 Hesiod, Shield of Heracles 201-206📜 Hesiod, Theogony 1-28📜 Hesiod, Theogony 53-62📜 Hesiod, Theogony 75-79📜 Hesiod, Theogony 915-917📜 Hesiod, Works & Days 1-10📜 Hesiod fr. 260 Most📜 Homer, Iliad 2.591-2.602📜 Homer, Odyssey 24.35-24.97📜 Homer, Odyssey 8.43-8.92📜 Homer, Odyssey 8.485-8.520📜 Ion, Epigrams ii FGE📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 18.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Dialogues of the Sea-Gods 7.1-7.2 MacLeod📜 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture 14📜 Lucian, Essays in Portraiture 16📜 Lucian, How to Write History 16📜 Ovid, Ibis 271-272📜 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.201-2.271📜 Pausanias 1.19.5📜 Pausanias 1.30.2📜 Pausanias 1.43.6📜 Pausanias 10.19.4📜 Pausanias 2.31.3📜 Pausanias 3.17.5📜 Pausanias 3.19.5📜 Pausanias 4.33.7📜 Pausanias 5.14.4-5.14.10📜 Pausanias 5.18.1-5.18.4📜 Pausanias 8.32.2📜 Pausanias 9.12.3📜 Pausanias 9.29.1-9.29.2📜 Pausanias 9.29.2-9.29.3📜 Pausanias 9.29.4📜 Pausanias 9.29.5📜 Pausanias 9.34.3📜 Pindar, Isthmian 2 1-11📜 Pindar, Isthmian 2 33-48📜 Pindar, Isthmian 6 57-75📜 Pindar, Isthmian 8 49-60📜 Pindar, Nemean 3 1-18📜 Pindar, Nemean 3 64-84📜 Pindar, Nemean 5 19-42📜 Pindar, Nemean 7 1-16📜 Pindar, Olympian 10 78-96📜 Pindar, Olympian 13 1-23📜 Pindar, Pythian 10 27-50📜 Pindar, Pythian 1 13-29📜 Pindar, Pythian 3 77-115📜 Pindar fr. 215b Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 31 Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 52f Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 52h Snell-Maehler📜 Pindar fr. 52m Snell-Maehler📜 Pomponius Mela 2.36📜 Ps-Lucian, In Praise of Demosthenes 8📜 Ps-Plutarch, On Rivers 2📜 Strabo 10.3.10📜 Strabo 10.3.17📜 Strabo 8.3.23-8.3.26📜 Strabo 8.3.5-8.3.6📜 Strabo 9.2.25📜 Vergil, Eclogues 3📜 Vergil, Eclogues 6📜 Vergil, Eclogues 7📜 Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39
- Mentioned in Text
- Aithiopis Homeric Hymn 14 to the Mother of the Gods Homeric Hymn 25 to the Muses and Apollo Homeric Hymn 27 to Artemis Homeric Hymn 3 to Apollo Homeric Hymn 31 to Helios Homeric Hymn 32 to Selene Homeric Hymn 4 to Hermes MinyadApollodoros, LibraryBacchylides, DithyrambsBacchylides, OdesBacchylidesCallimachus, Hymn to DelosCorinnaD-Scholia, IliadEumelosEuripides, MedeiaHesiod, EhoiaiHesiod, Shield of HeraclesHesiod, TheogonyHesiod, Works & DaysHesiodHomer, IliadHomer, OdysseyIon, EpigramsLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, Dialogues of the Sea-GodsLucian, Essays in PortraitureLucian, How to Write HistoryOvid, IbisOvid, MetamorphosesPausaniasPindar, Isthmian 2Pindar, Isthmian 6Pindar, Isthmian 8Pindar, Nemean 3Pindar, Nemean 5Pindar, Nemean 7Pindar, Olympian 10Pindar, Olympian 13Pindar, Pythian 10Pindar, Pythian 1Pindar, Pythian 3PindarPomponius MelaPs-Lucian, In Praise of DemosthenesPs-Plutarch, On RiversStraboVergil, EcloguesVergil, Georgics