| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
Mousai
ApollwnideV |
Mousai
Apollônides |
Musae
Apollonides |
Muses Daughters
of Apollo |
THE MOUSAI APOLLONIDES were three younger Muses, daughters of the god Apollon, named Kephiso, Apollonis and Borysthenis, or Nete, Mese, Hypate. The latter represented the lowest, middle and highest strings of the lyre. They were honoured at the shrine of Delphoi. The Apollonides were one of three alternate sets of Muses, the others being the Olympian Nine and the Titanid Three.
| PARENTS |
| APOLLON (Eumelus Frag 35, Tzetzes on Hesiod 23) |
| NAMES |
[1.1] KEPHISO, APOLLONIS, BORYSTHENIS (Eumelus Frag 35, Tzetzes on Hesiod 23)
[2.1] NETE, MESE, HYPATE (Plutarch Symposium 9.14)
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Eumelus, Fragment 35 (from Tzetzes, On Hesiod's Works & Days 23) (trans. West, Vol. Greek Epic Fragments) (C8th to 7th B.C.) :
"But Eumelos of Korinthos (Corinth) says there are three Mousai, daughters of Apollon: Kephiso, Apollonis, and Borysthenis."
| Greek Name |
Transliteration |
Latin Spelling |
Translation |
| Khfisw |
Kêphisô |
Cephiso |
Of the River
Cephisus |
| ApollwniV |
Apollônis |
Apollonis |
Daughter of
Apollon |
| BorusqeniV |
Borysthenis |
Borysthenis |
?-Strength
(sthenos) |
| Nhth |
Nêtê |
Nete |
Lowest note
of the lyre |
| Mhsh |
Mêsê |
Mese |
Middle Note
of the Lyre |
| `Upath |
Hypatê |
Hypate |
Highest Note
of the Lyre |
Sources:
- Greek Epic Eumelus, Fragments - Greek Epic C8th-7th B.C.
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