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M U S 12?
I.e. to inftru&j becaufe they teach the moll honefi and laudable
difciplines.
Calliope, of *a>&, good, and S-^, voice, is reprefented, in
painting, as a beautiful goddefs, crowned with a Coronet of gold ;
upon her left hand, garlands of bays in ftore for the reward of
poets; and in her right hand three books, upon which are writ-
ten Homerus, Virgilius, Ovidius.
Clio, of Khi'iu, Gr. to celebrate, one of the nine Mufes, taken
for heroic poetry, is reprefented as a graceful matron, crowned
with a coronet of bays, holding in her right hand a trumpet, and
in her left a book, upon which may be written Htftoria.
Erato, from eps, love, or tp«w, Gr. to love, one of the nine
Mufes, fabled to be the prefident of lovers and amorous perfons;
fhe is reprefented as a woman of a fweet and comely vifage, her
temples adorned with myrtles and rofes, bearing an heart with
an ivory key, Cupid ftanding by her fide winged, his bow and
quiver at his back, and holding a lighted torch.
Thalia, of t« 9«&e<8, Gr. to be green, or flourifh, one of the
nine Mufes, fuppofed to be the inventrefs of geometry and hus-
bandry, is reprefented as a lady of a fmiling countenance, and
upon her temples a coronet of ivy, clad in a mantle of carna-
tion, embroidered with filver twift, and golden fpangles, hold-
ing in her left hand a vifard ; the ivy indicates, that fhe is mif-
trefs of comic poetry.
Euterpe, is fo called of w, well, and ri^ruo, to give delight^
fuppofed to be the inventrefs and prefident of the mathematical
fciences, he, is reprefented as a damfel of a chearful counte-
nance, crowned with a garland of flowers, holding in each hand
fundry wind inftruments.
Melpomene, of pfrmyuu, Gr. to fing, one of the nine Mufes,
to whom the poets afcribe the invention of tragedy, is repre-
fented like a virago, with a grave and majeftic countenance,
her head adorned with pearls, diamonds, and rubies ; holding in
her left hand fcepters with crowns upon them ; other crowns
and fcepters lying at her feet, and in her right hand a naked
poniard ; clad in a mantle of changeable crimlbn.
Terpfichore, of te;1is, delegation, and xfi*'**** Gr. a dance,
one of the nine Mufes, to whom is attributed the invention of
dancing and balls, is reprefented as a beautiful woman of a
chearful countenance, playing upon fome inftrument, having
upon her head a coronet of feathers of various colours ; but
chiefly green ; in token of the viclory which the Mufes obtained
over the fyrens, &c. by finging.
Polyhymnia, of bWs and wfwos, a hymn, one of the nine Mufes,
fuppofed to be the prefident of hymns, fongs, and mufic ; is
reprefented as a' beautiful woman cloatbed in white, her hair
difhe-
I.e. to inftru&j becaufe they teach the moll honefi and laudable
difciplines.
Calliope, of *a>&, good, and S-^, voice, is reprefented, in
painting, as a beautiful goddefs, crowned with a Coronet of gold ;
upon her left hand, garlands of bays in ftore for the reward of
poets; and in her right hand three books, upon which are writ-
ten Homerus, Virgilius, Ovidius.
Clio, of Khi'iu, Gr. to celebrate, one of the nine Mufes, taken
for heroic poetry, is reprefented as a graceful matron, crowned
with a coronet of bays, holding in her right hand a trumpet, and
in her left a book, upon which may be written Htftoria.
Erato, from eps, love, or tp«w, Gr. to love, one of the nine
Mufes, fabled to be the prefident of lovers and amorous perfons;
fhe is reprefented as a woman of a fweet and comely vifage, her
temples adorned with myrtles and rofes, bearing an heart with
an ivory key, Cupid ftanding by her fide winged, his bow and
quiver at his back, and holding a lighted torch.
Thalia, of t« 9«&e<8, Gr. to be green, or flourifh, one of the
nine Mufes, fuppofed to be the inventrefs of geometry and hus-
bandry, is reprefented as a lady of a fmiling countenance, and
upon her temples a coronet of ivy, clad in a mantle of carna-
tion, embroidered with filver twift, and golden fpangles, hold-
ing in her left hand a vifard ; the ivy indicates, that fhe is mif-
trefs of comic poetry.
Euterpe, is fo called of w, well, and ri^ruo, to give delight^
fuppofed to be the inventrefs and prefident of the mathematical
fciences, he, is reprefented as a damfel of a chearful counte-
nance, crowned with a garland of flowers, holding in each hand
fundry wind inftruments.
Melpomene, of pfrmyuu, Gr. to fing, one of the nine Mufes,
to whom the poets afcribe the invention of tragedy, is repre-
fented like a virago, with a grave and majeftic countenance,
her head adorned with pearls, diamonds, and rubies ; holding in
her left hand fcepters with crowns upon them ; other crowns
and fcepters lying at her feet, and in her right hand a naked
poniard ; clad in a mantle of changeable crimlbn.
Terpfichore, of te;1is, delegation, and xfi*'**** Gr. a dance,
one of the nine Mufes, to whom is attributed the invention of
dancing and balls, is reprefented as a beautiful woman of a
chearful countenance, playing upon fome inftrument, having
upon her head a coronet of feathers of various colours ; but
chiefly green ; in token of the viclory which the Mufes obtained
over the fyrens, &c. by finging.
Polyhymnia, of bWs and wfwos, a hymn, one of the nine Mufes,
fuppofed to be the prefident of hymns, fongs, and mufic ; is
reprefented as a' beautiful woman cloatbed in white, her hair
difhe-