Our web site features the painting Musas dançando com Apolo by the Italian artist Baldassare Peruzzi (1481-1537)
In this depiction, we see the muses dancing around the Greek god Apollo. The Olympian system set Apollo as the leader of the Muses, Apollon Mousagetes. The muses, from left to right, are,
- Calliope (Chief of the muses and muse of epic poetry)
- Clio (muse of history)
- Erato (muse of erotic poetry)
- Melpomene (muse of tragedy)
- Terpsichore (muse of dance)
- Polyhymnia (muse of sacred song)
- Euterpe (muse of lyric song)
- Thalia (muse of comedy and bucolic poetry)
- Urania (muse of astronomy)
(Some text and graphics for this explanation about the painting come from the web theme set from Crystal Cloud Graphics, which we are pleased to acknowledge.)
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