The Nine Muses of Greece (Total Rewrite) (Pls Crit)

The nine Muses of Greek mythology are the goddess daughters of the great Zeus and his consort Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.

She symbolised the memory of all great events. Even today we remember her through the word  mnemonic which is now a word or device that helps the memory.

The Muses had one thing in common. They enjoyed being near springs and bubbling water. They have been revered by artists and poets, as sources of inspiration, for millennia and even today the word "muse" is often used to describe mere mortals that inspire creative artists.

The following overview, of the Greek mythology hierarchy, will show where the muses fit in. It was largely internet at http://www.greekmythology.com/

This site has information on all subjects of Greek Mythology, including details on Greek Gods and Greek Goddesses, Greek Myths and Greek Heroes like Achilles and Hercules. Apparently one may freely use the information for preparing term papers, research papers, college essays and homework papers.

Once at the site, the following links may be clicked for more in-depth information.

Olympian Gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera, Aris, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Hermes, Artemis, Hephaestus
Titans: Gaea, Uranus, Cronus, Rhea, Oceanus, Tethys, Hyperion, Mnemosyne, Themis, Lapetus, Coeus, Crius, Phoebe, Thea, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Metis
Other Gods: Demeter, Persephone, Dionysus, Eros, Hebe, Eris, Helios, Thanatos, Pan, Nemesis, The Graces, The Muses, The Erinnyes, The Fates
Myths: The Creation, The Creation II, Creation of Man by Prometheus, Zeus's Lovers, Birth of Athena, The Wanderings of Dionysus, Theseus Adventures
Creatures: :Cyclopes, Hecatoncheires, Giants, Ash Tree Nymphs, Typhoeus, Cerberus, Sirens, Centaur, Medusa, Argus Panoptes, Chimaera, Echidna, Gorgons, Pegasus, Chrysaor
Figures: Epaphus, The Pleiades, Pontus, Nereus, Doris, Nereids, Amphitrite, Triton, Teiresias, Minos, Rhadamanthus
Places: Mount Olympus, The Underworld, Tartarus
Heroes: Perseus, Theseus, Bellerophon, Atlanta, Heracles, Meleager

These references may be of interest, as well:

Online Books: Bulfinch's Mythology, The Odyssey, The Iliad, Argonautica,
Hesiod Theogony

Classic Literature: by authors such as Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, Aristophanes, Plato, Aesop

In this article, only a certain group of the gods, goddesses and their sons and daughters, will be looked at. They will be those that are of great importance to all writers. Surely there cannot be a writer who has not appealed to his or her own Muse, at some time or other.

The Nine Muses

Calliope:  (The Chief Muse) Epic or historical poetry and eloquence.

Clio:  History and celebrations.

Erato:  Love poetry and mime.

Euterpe:  Lyrical poetry and music.

Melpomene:  Tragedy.

Terpsichore:  Dancing and choral song.

Thalia:  Comedy and pastoral poetry

Urania:  Astronomy and astrology

Polyhymnia:  Song, sacred rhetoric, geometry and inventor of the lyre

My own Relationship with the Muses and their Fields of Expertise

The subject was interesting and began to hold me firmly in its grasp. I wondered, at first, which of the Muses mine was. Which of the nine did I serve, or perhaps more correctly, which one spread her blessings my way?

I also wondered whether it was realistic for there to have been nine Muses. Should it not have been, perhaps, ten or could eight have been enough?

When I looked at some of my poems and compared each one with the most appropriate Muse, I realized that I'm inclined to write about a variety of moods and subjects. I'm not saying that the poems, that I selected, are worthy of each Muse. I'm merely ascertaining whether I covered the field, so to speak. While I did this, I discovered that nine Muses seemed to be just about the most appropriate number.

Perhaps the reader could do the same? Have you written epic poems...or love poems...or tragedies...or dancing poems...or poems? If you made a list of your own poems, you may find that more than one Muse has sat at your elbow.

Here is my own list, for what it's worth. You'll find these poems somewhere in this collection.
1. An Epic Poem inspired by Calliope: 

    "I Cry With You For Persepolis"

2. History and Celebration Poem inspired by Clio:

    " The Day We Juggled"    

3. Love Poems inspired by Erato: 

    "Last Night Was Long Ago"

    "Desert Winds"

    "A Touch of Saffron"  

4. Lyrical Poetry inspired by Euterpe :

   "A Poet's Gift"   

5. A Tragedy inspired by Melpomene:          

    "Brown Eyed Girl of Kabul"   

6. A Dancing Song inspired by Terpsichore: 

    "I saw My Grandmother Dancing"  

7. Comedies inspired by Thalia:  

   "My Horse Drinks Wine on Saturday Night"

   "A Simple Man's Love Poem"

  8. Astronomical tribute to Urania:                      

    "When a Star is Banned"

  9. Sacred and Geometry tributes to Polyhymnia:

    "Do Believers Laugh?"

    "One and One"

Challenge to the Reader

Why don't you look at some poems, that you've written over the past few months or years and see with which Muse you've had a period of inspired relationship.