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The [[Mouseion of Alexandria]] was an institution commissioned by [[Ptolemy I Soter]] and dedicated to the Muses.<ref name="Discovery Tour">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]'' – [[Tours: The Mouseion of Alexandria]]: "The Mouseion"</ref> During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the [[Sanctuary of the Muses|sanctuary]] dedicated to the Muses in the [[Reborn Hills]] of [[Boeotia]], Greece.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | The [[Mouseion of Alexandria]] was an institution commissioned by [[Ptolemy I Soter]] and dedicated to the Muses.<ref name="Discovery Tour">''[[Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt]]'' – [[Tours: The Mouseion of Alexandria]]: "The Mouseion"</ref> During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited the [[Sanctuary of the Muses|sanctuary]] dedicated to the Muses in the [[Reborn Hills]] of [[Boeotia]], Greece.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Odyssey''</ref> | ||
Colloquially the term ''muse'' has come to mean anyone or anything that inspires one's work and is, as such, used as a compliment.<ref name="Upton's Sorrow">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Upton's Sorrow]]</ref> This has been the habit at least since the Peloponnesian War, when the actor [[Thespis]] was needed for an [[Aristophanes]] production designed to ridicule and humiliate the Athenian general [[Kleon]], yet he refused to do it without the presence of the [[Courtesan|''hetaerae'']] [[Aikaterine]], who he referred to as his ‘muse’. It should be noted, however, that according to Aikaterine, “half the girls in [[House of Aphrodite|that house]] were his muse at some point”, which undermines the usage of this term here. <ref>[[A-Musing Tale]]</ref> | Colloquially the term ''muse'' has come to mean anyone or anything that inspires one's work and is, as such, used as a compliment.<ref name="Upton's Sorrow">''[[Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag]]'' – [[Upton's Sorrow]]</ref> This has been the habit at least since the Peloponnesian War, when the actor [[Thespis]] was needed for an [[Aristophanes]] production designed to ridicule and humiliate the Athenian general [[Kleon]], yet he refused to do it without the presence of the [[Courtesan|''hetaerae'']] [[Aikaterine]], who he referred to as his ‘muse’. It should be noted, however, that according to Aikaterine, “half the girls in [[House of Aphrodite|that house]] were his muse at some point”, which undermines the usage of this term here. <ref>Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - [[A-Musing Tale]]</ref> | ||
Four centuries later, in Egypt, [[Phanos the Younger]] mentioned to the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] how his [[Phanos' house|home]] was "the perfect place for artist and muse to meet!"<ref name="Symposiasts">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Symposiasts]]</ref> A little later, Bayek investigated murders in [[Cyrene]], and a note on one of the bodies specifically named the muse Melpomene.<ref name="Cat and Mouse">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Cat and Mouse (Origins)|Cat and Mouse]]</ref> | Four centuries later, in Egypt, [[Phanos the Younger]] mentioned to the [[Medjay]] [[Bayek]] of [[Siwa]] how his [[Phanos' house|home]] was "the perfect place for artist and muse to meet!"<ref name="Symposiasts">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Symposiasts]]</ref> A little later, Bayek investigated murders in [[Cyrene]], and a note on one of the bodies specifically named the muse Melpomene.<ref name="Cat and Mouse">''Assassin's Creed: Origins'' – [[Cat and Mouse (Origins)|Cat and Mouse]]</ref> | ||
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The Muses are a group of goddesses who were thought to be the source of knowledge of literature, arts, and science in Greek mythology and later Roman mythology.
History
Regarded as the nine daughters of the Greek god Zeus and the goddess Mnemosyne,[1] in the 1st century BCE Egypt the Muses were said to have been recruited by the Egyptian god Osiris. Their names were Kalliope, Kleio, Euterpe, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia and Urania.[2]
Influence
The Mouseion of Alexandria was an institution commissioned by Ptolemy I Soter and dedicated to the Muses.[3] During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the sanctuary dedicated to the Muses in the Reborn Hills of Boeotia, Greece.[4]
Colloquially the term muse has come to mean anyone or anything that inspires one's work and is, as such, used as a compliment.[5] This has been the habit at least since the Peloponnesian War, when the actor Thespis was needed for an Aristophanes production designed to ridicule and humiliate the Athenian general Kleon, yet he refused to do it without the presence of the hetaerae Aikaterine, who he referred to as his ‘muse’. It should be noted, however, that according to Aikaterine, “half the girls in that house were his muse at some point”, which undermines the usage of this term here. [6]
Four centuries later, in Egypt, Phanos the Younger mentioned to the Medjay Bayek of Siwa how his home was "the perfect place for artist and muse to meet!"[7] A little later, Bayek investigated murders in Cyrene, and a note on one of the bodies specifically named the muse Melpomene.[8]
Appearances
- Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (mentioned only)
- Assassin's Creed: Origins (mentioned only)
- Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt
- Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (mentioned only)
References
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey – Historical Locations – Boeotia: "Sanctuary of the Muses"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins - Notes from Bayek's travels: "About the Muses"
- ↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – Tours: The Mouseion of Alexandria: "The Mouseion"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
- ↑ Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag – Upton's Sorrow
- ↑ Assassin’s Creed Odyssey - A-Musing Tale
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Symposiasts
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Origins – Cat and Mouse