nine muses: Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania, three: Melete,
Mneme, and Aoede (the Elder Muses )
Cleo protects the stories of heroes, Urania astronomy, Calliope elegies, Melpomene the tragedies, Euterpe flute
playing, Erato love poems, Tepsicore choir lyrics, Thalia the comedies and Polyhymnia dance and music.
I call on Thee, kind Muse, to grant a gift, to loose a stream of swiftly flowing words, a spring of
inspiration, crystal clear, to nourish fruit from which to feed the soul, a rushing stream to cleanse my inner eyes so
I may see the ageless mythic truth.
I ask assistance by these very words. As I have prayed, so may it be!
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