Muses

The Muses were a group of nine very intelligent, beautiful and careless divinities, They were created by Zeus, the King of the Gods, who secretly lied nine nights with Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory.


The Muses were brought to life to make the world disremember the evil and relieve the sorrows and to praise the gods, and especially the Olympian Gods' victory over their ancestors, the Titans. Apollo was the main teacher of the Muses. They were usually accompanying him and the Graces on their strolls and loved singing and dancing on soft feet on laurel leaves, while Apollo was playing the lyre.


Home of the Muses was Mount Helicon in Central Greece, a mountain that was sacred to the Greek godApollo, the Greek god of the music, the light and the sun. Their most significant sanctuary was in Pieria.