MUSES APOLLONIDES (Mousai) - Greek Goddesses of Music (original) (raw)

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Greek Name

Μουσαι Απολλωνιδες

Transliteration

Mousai Apollônides

Latin Spelling

Musae Apollonides

Translation

Daughters of Apollo

THE MOUSAI APOLLONIDES were three younger Muses, daughters of the god Apollon. They were honoured at the shrine of Delphoi where one, Kephiso (Cephiso), was named after a local river. The three were sometimes called Nete, Mese, and Hypate after the lowest, middle and highest strings of the lyre.

The Apollonides were one of three sets of Muses--the others being the Olympian Nine and the Titanid Three.

FAMILY OF THE APOLLONIDES

PARENTS

APOLLON (Eumelus Frag 35, Tzetzes on Hesiod 23)

OFFSPRING

[1.1] KEPHISO, APOLLONIS, BORYSTHENIS (Eumelus Frag 35, Tzetzes on Hesiod 23)
[2.1] NETE, MESE, HYPATE (Plutarch Symposium 9.14)

CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES

Eumelus, Fragment 35 (from Tzetzes, On Hesiod's Works & Days 23) (trans. West, Vol. Greek Epic Fragments) (C8th to 7th B.C.) :
"But Eumelos of Korinthos (Corinth) says there are three Mousai (Muses), daughters of Apollon : Kephiso (Cephiso), Apollonis, and Borysthenis."

NAMES OF THE APOLLONIDES

Greek Name

Κηφισω

Απολλωνις

Βορυσθενις

Transliteration

Kêphisô

Apollônis

Borysthenis

Latin Spelling

Cephiso

Apollonis

Borysthenis

Translation

Of the Cephisus

Daughter of Apollon

?-Strength (sthenos)

Greek Name

Νητη

Μηση

Ὑπατη

Transliteration

Nêtê

Mêsê

Hypatê

Latin Spelling

Nete

Mese

Hypate

Translation

Lowest Note of Lyre

Middle Note of Lyre

Highest Note of Lyre

SOURCES

GREEK

• Greek Epic Eumelus, Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C.

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