<P> However , the classical understanding of the Muses tripled their triad and established a set of nine goddesses , who embody the arts and inspire creation with their graces through remembered and improvised song and mime , writing , traditional music , and dance . It was not until Hellenistic times that the following systematic set of functions was assigned to them , and even then there was some variation in both their names and their attributes : Calliope ( epic poetry ) , Clio ( history ) , Euterpe ( flutes and lyric poetry ) , Thalia ( comedy and pastoral poetry ) , Melpomene ( tragedy ) , Terpsichore ( dance ) , Erato ( love poetry ) , Polyhymnia ( sacred poetry ) , Urania ( astronomy ) . </P>
<P> However , the classical understanding of the Muses tripled their triad and established a set of nine goddesses , who embody the arts and inspire creation with their graces through remembered and improvised song and mime , writing , traditional music , and dance . It was not until Hellenistic times that the following systematic set of functions was assigned to them , and even then there was some variation in both their names and their attributes : Calliope ( epic poetry ) , Clio ( history ) , Euterpe ( flutes and lyric poetry ) , Thalia ( comedy and pastoral poetry ) , Melpomene ( tragedy ) , Terpsichore ( dance ) , Erato ( love poetry ) , Polyhymnia ( sacred poetry ) , Urania ( astronomy ) . </P>
what are the names of the nine muses
what are the names of the nine muses
Calliope ( epic poetry ) Clio ( history ) Euterpe ( flutes and lyric poetry ) Thalia ( comedy and pastoral poetry ) Melpomene ( tragedy ) Terpsichore ( dance ) Erato ( love poetry ) Polyhymnia ( sacred poetry ) Urania ( astronomy )
Calliope ( epic poetry ) Clio ( history ) Euterpe ( flutes and lyric poetry ) Thalia ( comedy and pastoral poetry ) Melpomene ( tragedy ) Terpsichore ( dance ) Erato ( love poetry ) Polyhymnia ( sacred poetry ) Urania ( astronomy )