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A brief history of the muses: the Greek goddesses who provided divine inspiration for ancient poets

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par Alison Habens, Head of Creative Writing, University of Portsmouth

In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around around 850BC) invoked her with the words “Sing, daughter of Zeus” in the first lines of his epic poem, the Odyssey.

Then there were said to be three: Melete (practice), Mneme (memory) and Aoede (song), perhaps embodying the basic creative process of early humanity. Eventually, nine muses were identified, covering every branch…

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