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Her daughter Marilyn repaired Apollo's combat ukulele after it was damaged in the fight at the Tarquin's Tomb. She lay with the river god Strymon and gave birth to her son Rhesus, who led a band of Thracians and was killed by Diomedes in the Trojan War. She invented the aulos or double-flute, which is her attribute. Euterpe - Euturpe is the Muse of music and lyric poetry.Her name is derived from the Greek word eros and means "desired, lovely". Her son Hyacinthus was a lover of Apollo. Her name is derived from the Greek word kleo ("to make famous, to celebrate"). She has been credited with introducing the Pheonician alphabet into Greece. Calliope had two famous sons, Orpheus and Linus by King Oeagrus of Thrace. Some accounts say that Calliope was the lover of Ares and bore him several sons, from whom many Thracian tribes claimed descent.
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Her name means "she of a beautiful voice". Calliope - Calliope is the Muse of epic poetry.The Muses were all fond for music and dancing. While Meg McCaffrey and the former god Apollo wander the streets of Manhattan, searching for Percy Jackson, Apollo tries thinking positive thoughts, one of which includes hearing the Nine Muses in perfect harmony.Īs Crest turns to dust from getting stabbed by Medea, Apollo promises that they will be have concert with the Muses when he gets back to Olympus. He later shares a dance with Annabeth Chase and the song he hears changes to a slow one, though he was not sure what she was hearing.Ī few Muses are shown playing some tunes on Olympus, but their hearts were not into it because of Kronos' attack on Olympus while the gods were out fighting Typhon. According to Percy, everybody hears the music they only want to hear, like classical for the gods and hip hop for the younger demigods. The Muses perform at the final celebration after the gods had decided that Percy Jackson and Thalia Grace were not going to be killed. As the gods celebrate, the Muses play music that sounds like anything you want, so no one argues about the music. The Muses and everyone else bow to Percy as a sign of respect for performing a great task for the gods. The Muses were shown to be starting a concert on Olympus when Percy returns the Master Bolt. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lightning Thief The Muses gathered the pieces of the dead body of Orpheus, son of Calliope, and buried them after he was mutilated by the Maenads on Dionysus' orders. After they declared Apollo the winner, the god flayed Marsyas alive as punishment. In one myth, the Muses judged a contest between Apollo and the satyr Marsyas. The center of their cult was Mount Helicon, located in Boeotia. They won and punished Thamyris by blinding him and robbing him of his singing ability. Some time later, Thamyris challenged the Muses to a singing contest. They were conceived when Zeus appeared before Mnemosyne and lay with her for nine consecutive nights. According to Hesiod's Theogony, the Muses were born in the region of Pieria, wherein lies Mount Olympus.