Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those who read classical literature are probably quite familiar with the kind of invocation displayed above. Many epics began with ...

In ancient Greek mythology, nine muses governed the arts and inspired creativity: Calliope (epic poetry), Clio (history), Erato (lyric poetry), Euterpe (music ...

In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse. The blind bard Homer (a poet born around around 850BC) invoked her with the words “Sing, daughter of Zeus” in the first lines of his epic poem, the ...