Muse

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The nine muses — Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Erato, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, Terpsichore, Thalia an Urania — on a Roman sarcophagus (2nt century AD, frae the Louvre)

The Muses (Ancient Greek: Μοῦσαι Mousai; aiblins frae the o-grade o the Proto-Indo-European ruit *men- "think") in Greek meethology that the Romans adoptit are the goddesses o the inspiration o leeteratur, science, an the arts.