MOUSAI APOLLONIDES
Greek Name
Μουσαι Απολλωνιδες
Transliteration
Mousai Apollônides
Latin Spelling
Musae Apollonides
Translation
Daughters of Apollo
THE MOUSAI APOLLONIDES were three younger Muses, daughters of the god Apollon. They were honoured at the shrine of Delphoi where one, Kephiso (Cephiso), was named after a local river. The three were sometimes called Nete, Mese, and Hypate after the lowest, middle and highest strings of the lyre.
The Apollonides were one of three sets of Muses--the others being the Olympian Nine and the Titanid Three.
FAMILY OF THE APOLLONIDES
PARENTS
APOLLON (Eumelus Frag 35, Tzetzes on Hesiod 23)
OFFSPRING
[1.1] KEPHISO, APOLLONIS, BORYSTHENIS (Eumelus Frag 35, Tzetzes on Hesiod 23)
[2.1] NETE, MESE, HYPATE (Plutarch Symposium 9.14)
CLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES
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 (Muses), daughters of Apollon : Kephiso (Cephiso), Apollonis, and Borysthenis."
NAMES OF THE APOLLONIDES
Greek Name
Κηφισω
Απολλωνις
Βορυσθενις
Transliteration
Kêphisô
Apollônis
Borysthenis
Latin Spelling
Cephiso
Apollonis
Borysthenis
Translation
Of the Cephisus
Daughter of Apollon
?-Strength (sthenos)
Greek Name
Νητη
Μηση
Ὑπατη
Transliteration
Nêtê
Mêsê
Hypatê
Latin Spelling
Nete
Mese
Hypate
Translation
Lowest Note of Lyre
Middle Note of Lyre
Highest Note of Lyre
SOURCES
GREEK
- Greek Epic Eumelus, Fragments - Greek Epic C8th - 7th B.C.
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