Pausanias' Description of Greece

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Role: Muse · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 29

Life events

  • Pierus established nine Muses and changed their names.(Book 9 · Chapter 29 · 📍 Thespia)
    • With: Pierus Mneme Aoide
    • “But afterwards they say the Macedonian Pierus, who gave his name to the mountain in Macedonia, came to Thespia and made 9 Muses, and changed their names to the ones they now have.”

Book 9 · Chapter 29

  • guardian: Eupheme “She is said to have been the nurse of the Muses.”

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