Polymnia

First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.3

Life events

• The Muses defeated Thamyris and took both his eyes and musical ability.(Apollodorus, Library 1.3)
  • With: Thamyris Clio Melpomene Euterpe Erato Terpsichore Urania Calliope
  • “So the Muses got the better of him and bereft him both of his eyes and of his minstrelsy.”

Apollodorus, Library 1.3

• rivals with Thamyris “engaged in a musical contest with the Muses, the agreement being that, if he won, he should enjoy them all, but that if he should be vanquished he should be bereft of what they would.”

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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.