The Thracian bard Thamyris was blinded and given amnesia for claiming to be the superior of this group of deities, while a similar claim by the Pierides was disproved in a contest judged by a panel of nymphs. Generally depicted as winged deities, they were the children of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Early myths claimed there were three named Nete, Mese, and Hypate, but the best known account is that of Hesiod, who described nine, including Erato, Polymnia, Terpsichore, Calliope,
The Thracian bard Thamyris was blinded and given amnesia for claiming to be the superior of this group of deities, while a similar claim by the Pierides was disproved in a contest judged by a panel of nymphs. Generally depicted as winged deities, they were the children of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Early myths claimed there were three named Nete, Mese, and Hypate, but the best known account is that of Hesiod, who described nine, including Erato, Polymnia, Terpsichore, Calliope, and Urania. FTP, who were these goddesses of literature and the arts?
The Thracian bard Thamyris was blinded and given amnesia for claiming to be the superior of this group of deities, while a similar claim by the Pierides was disproved in a contest judged by a panel of nymphs.
Muses