Muse of Tragedy

Muse of Tragedy
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  • Muse — /myoohz/, n. 1. Class. Myth. a. any of a number of sister goddesses, originally given as Aoede (song), Melete (meditation), and Mneme (memory), but latterly and more commonly as the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne who presided over various… …   Universalium

  • muse — muser, n. /myoohz/, v., mused, musing. v.i. 1. to think or meditate in silence, as on some subject. 2. Archaic. to gaze meditatively or wonderingly. v.t. 3. to meditate on. 4. to comment thoughtfully or ruminate upon. [1300 50; ME musen to mutter …   Universalium

  • muse and muses —    Generally, a guiding spirit or source of inspiration. In Greek mythology, the nine patron goddesses of the arts; daughters of Zeus (principal god of the Greek pantheon, ruler of the heavens) and Mnemosyne (a titan who personified memory.) They …   Glossary of Art Terms

  • Muse (band) — Muse Muse performing at Big Day Out 2010 in Melbourne, Australia. From left to right: Dominic Howard, Matthew Bellamy, touring member Morgan Nicholls and Christopher Wolstenholme Backgrou …   Wikipedia

  • Muse India — is a literary e journal based in Hyderabad, India. Since 2005, it has appeared bi monthly only in a web edition; it has no print version. Contents 1 Focus and scope 2 Contents 3 Masthead 4 Contr …   Wikipedia

  • Muse — Muse, n. [F. Muse, L. Musa, Gr. ?. Cf. {Mosaic}, n., {Music}.] 1. (Class. Myth.) One of the nine goddesses, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who presided over song and the different kinds of poetry, and also the arts and sciences; often used in… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Muse — This article is about the goddesses. For the English band, see Muse (band). For other uses, see Muse (disambiguation). The nine muses: Clio, Thalia, Erato, Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Calliope, Terpsichore, Urania, Melpomene Greek deities …   Wikipedia

  • tragedy — Synonyms and related words: Aeschylean tragedy, Euripidean tragedy, Greek tragedy, Melpomene, Renaissance tragedy, Senecan tragedy, Sophoclean tragedy, accident, adversity, blow, buskin, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collision,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • muse — {{11}}muse (n.) late 14c., protectors of the arts, from O.Fr. Muse and directly from L. Musa, from Gk. Mousa, the Muse, also music, song, from PIE root *men to think, remember (see MIND (Cf. mind) (n.)). Meaning inspiring goddess of a particular… …   Etymology dictionary

  • Theatre of ancient Greece — For other uses of Greek Theatre , see Greek theatre (disambiguation). Theatre mask, 1st century BC …   Wikipedia

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