The divine daughters of memory
The complex partners of modern Europe
Monuments and woodblock prints of the East
Redefining the muse in the Americas
YOUR GOAL
Master of The spark behind the masterpiece
007skaty Ancient Romans redefined human creativity through the concept of personal genius
007skaty The Nine Muses
Born from the goddess of memory, We turn a spark into symphony.
007skaty By popularizing the genius as an individual guardian spirit, ancient Romans laid the foundation for our modern understanding
007skaty Match each muse friend to their artist to discover who inspired history's greatest masterpieces.
Greek muses: The word 'music' comes directly from the Greek Muses, meaning 'the art of the Muses'!
The nine sister goddesses of Greek mythology who preside over and inspire the arts and sciences. The poet Hesiod first named these nine deities around 700 BCE in his epic, the Theogony.
Which ancient Greek mountain was famous for being the mythological home of the Muses?
Which Renaissance artist painted 'The Birth of Venus' using the noblewoman Simonetta Vespucci as his visual muse?
007skaty Sandro Botticelli popularized using real human faces to represent divine beauty.
The modern word 'museum' originally referred to a temple dedicated to which group of mythological figures?
Who was the Greek goddess of memory and the mythological mother of the nine Muses?
What did the ancient Romans believe a 'genius' was in relation to artistic inspiration?
Why did ancient Greek writers and poets invoke the Muses at the beginning of their epic poems?
In which ancient city was the famous 'Mouseion,' a vast research institution and library dedicated to the Muses, founded around 280 BCE?