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The nine muses.

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Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

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Mythology -- Muses

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The nine muses.

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Title
The nine muses.
Names
Bineteau, P. (Lithographer)
Rey, A. (Engraver)
Collection

Wonders: Images of the Ancient World

Mythology -- Muses

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1844 - 1861
Library locations
Art and Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC WON MYT-Mus
Shelf locator: PC-WON OX MYT-Mus
Topics
Muses (Greek deities)
Goddesses -- Greek
Flute players
Flutes
Hides & skins
Herons
Pipes (Musical instruments)
Boxes
Chairs -- To 499
Hairstyles -- Greece -- To 499
Stools -- To 499
Columns -- Greece
Greeks -- Clothing & dress -- To 499
lyres -- To 1899
Genres
Lithographs
Notes
Content: Cos is a Greek island, part of the Dodecanese group, near Turkey. A "cecryphale" was a head covering like a kerchief. An "ocladias" was a folding stool with its legs usually having feet shaped like animal paws. A "heptachord" was a lyre with seven strings.
Content: Light foxing around edges of image. Written below picture: [Left to right] Euterpe in a tunic from Cos plays the double flute ... Clio, muse of history, reads, a heron at her feet. Urania, muse of astronomy, hair enveloped in a cecryphale ... carries a casket in the form of a temple with two stars. Polymnia on an ocladias covered with a panther skin plays a large triangular lyre. Calliope plays a lyre heptac[h]ord. Erato plays a primitive lyre with a tortoise carapace ... Melpomene holds a casket filled with riches. Thalia looks on. Terpsichore playing [sic] a double flute ... Pinacotheque Museum, Munich."
Content: The Muses were nine sisters who each personified one of the arts and sciences. Euterpe=Music, Clio=History, Urania=Astronomy, Polymnia (sometimes "Polyhymnia")=Religious hymns and dances, Calliope (chief of the Muses)=Epic poetry, Erato=Lyric and love poetry, Melpomene=Tragic drama, Thalia=Comedy, Terpsichore=Choral singing and group dancing. Each Muse was usually shown holding a symbol of her field of endeavor.
Source note: Elite des monuments céramographiques : matériaux pour l''histoire des religions et des moeurs de l''antiquité. (Paris : Leleux, 1844-1861) Lenormant, Charles (1802-1859), Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 31 x 51.5 cm.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 03ab7c40-c5bf-012f-381f-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1844: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2017: Found by you!
  • 2018

MLA Format

Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The nine muses." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1844 - 1861. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-643e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The nine muses." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed August 21, 2017. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-643e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1844 - 1861). The nine muses. Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-643e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The nine muses.