WorksheetsMuses and Their Domains
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
This titaness mothered the Muses with Zeus. It is said that the Muses were conceived one a night, over the 9 day span that Zeus stayed with her in Pieria. Who is this goddess of memory?
Clytemnestra
She is the muse of EPIC POETRY. "The Chief of All Muses", she is said to be the mother of Orpheus.
She is the muse of HISTORY. Often represented with scrolls and books. Had a branch of historical economics named after her.
She is the muse of SACRED POETRY and HYMNS. (sometimes agriculture.) Often depicted as the most serious and meditative of the Muses.
Polyhymnia
She is the muse of LYRIC POETRY and/or MUSIC. Depicted in art and statues in theaters around the world - statue of her on the grave of Frederic Chopin in Paris
Urania
Melpomene
She is the muse of DANCE.
She is the muse of EROTIC POETRY.
Thalia
Calliope
Euterpe
Erato
She is the muse of TRAGEDY. Often depicted as "murder-loving", and in eternal mourning. Frequently shown carrying a bloodied dagger.
Polyhymnia
She is the muse of COMEDY. Name means "flourishing", or "joyous"
She is the muse of ASTRONOMY. Can often predict the future based on the arrangement of the stars. Became a muse for Christian poets during the Renaissance-2 sections of Lost Paradise are dedicated to her.
Often wears a diadem, holds writing tablet
Calliope
Euterpe
Clio
Polyhymnia
Holds a trumpet in her left hand, or a scroll
Clio
Thalia
Melpomene
Erato
Veiled and modestly dressed, usually unsmiling
Polyhymnia
Terpsichore
Melpomene
Euterpe
Lyre tucked under her arm and wears a crown of feathers
Terpsichore
Urania
Calliope
Clio
Wears a crown of myrtle and holds a lyre
Erato
Euterpe
Polyhymnia
Melpomene
wears a crown of laurel or grapevine, a high-heeled shoe called cothurnus, holds a tragic mask in her right hand and a prop of a tragic hero in her left hand
Melpomene
Thalia
Polyhymnia
Urania
Holds a comedy mask and either a trumpet or a shepherd's crook
Thalia
Euterpe
Urania
Clio
Holds a celestial globe and wears blue robes
Urania
Calliope
Terpsichore
Erato
