Talk:Muse
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disambig
There's also a (Britpop) band named Muse.
- conventions so far would say put them at Muse (band) and put a link here. -- Tarquin 09:15 Oct 9, 2002 (UTC)
- This needs a real disambig page: Muse, Muse (band), MusE, MuSE - Omegatron 15:32, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
- Agreed. It is difficult to find information on the band when searching for them - Az Paz 12:30, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Real disambiguation page created - Az Paz 12:50, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
This article makes the statement that originally there were 3 Muses, but later they were 9 in number -- & with different names. (This claim is also repeated in Zeus.) A quick look at my primary Greek Mythology reference -- H.R. Rose's A Handbook of Greek Mythology, which is usually reliable & very detailed -- does not mention this fact. Can someone offer verification that this was the case? -- llywrch 22:29, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Added the reference to chapter and verse of Pausanias. Bacchiad 23:49, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Somebody please complete the sentence in 4th para in section "Cults of the Muses". "... in Boeotia all played host to festival in which poetic recitations were". The sentence just ends there abruptly. Jay 21:09, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- ah.. thanks User:Bacchiad. Jay 15:45, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
I'm a rookie Wiki - what do you think of my addition?
I added the "functions in literature" section, and also listed the props and poses often associated with certain muses. Whaddaya think?
I liked it. The only (small) problem I saw was the formatting. For literary block quotes, it's preferred to use
- colons to format it like this
rather than
spaces to format it like this.
Bacchiad 21:02, 20 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Kickin'.
The spaces showed automatically when I pulled from another site, so your change is appropriate and welcome.
-Circular 2:46AM, 28 Dec 2004 (PCT)
Muses and Creativity Today
I found the article very interesting. Does anyone know anything about modern Muses? I'm curious about where artists and creative people in particular get their inspiration from. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
The accompanying painting is of the three Graces, not the Muses.
- Oop. Our anonymous friend is right. I've moved them to Charites. (That's Wikipedian for "Graces" eh.) --Wetman 00:57, 2 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Helike
Hello classicists! Recently a moon of Jupiter (planet) was named Helike. The namers state that Helike was one of the Muses. I don't see this named listed here and am wondering whether it was actually an alternative name for the whole group, since they came from Mount Helicon. Is this correct? (I've tried googling to no avail). The Singing Badger 21:48, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Best I've found are some sources that have Helike be the tutelary goddess of Mount Helikon (there's a recurring theme about willows, too), which was the dwelling place of the Muses. In that sense, Helike is a composite of all of the Muses. If you think Helike is bad, try Eukelade --I've found absolutely nothing about her, which is surprising considering the high quality sites that exist about Greek mythology.
- Urhixidur 04:02, 2005 Apr 3 (UTC)
- Helike was one of the nymphs that nurtured Zeus in his infancy on Crete [1] (http://www.theoi.com/Ouranos/Kronos.html), hence the astronomy connection. But Mount Helicon is in Boeotia, the haunt of the Muses, not strongly-Zeus-connected. The willow connection is suggestive: The "Willow Mountain" Helicon and also a quite distinct "willow-nymph"— just as there were oak tree nymphs and ash-nymphs (Dryads and Meliai). --Wetman 16:16, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)