Wednesday, 3 September 2014

The Muses

My actual first post must go to the Muses these less known Greek deities are 9 in number they are the goddesses of various aspects of literature hence I rightfully credit this to them. These goddesses were the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne ( memory ) now if u read Greek mythology u will usually be able to establish a connection between parents and children or brother and sister for example Ares and Aphrodite war and love respectively have an affair in Greek mythology to produce Harmonia goddess of harmony to show that love conquers war, however I couldn't establish any connection here. The Muses are one of the easiest deities to experience they're presence if not anywhere can be clearly felt in any interesting literature class now I even began associating them with different moods or passions to be more precise for example Polyhymnia the Muse of Hymns can be felt during religious singing especially during that point where you are completely immersed in  it  i.e the thoughtless state something i request readers to try getting into once. Plus as with other Greek gods the Muse wreck vengeance too reminds of those pathetic poems we had to learn. They also patronize poetry and music. 

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