Many Greek & Latin epic poems open with an invocation to one of these goddesses
THESE 2 GREAT ENGLISH ROMANTIC POETS DIED WHILE STILL IN
... [DOC] [TLE] MUSES (Mousai) - Greek Goddesses of Music, Poetry & the Arts [PAR] The Muses were the ancient Greek goddesses of music, song and dance, and ... 
were assigned specific artistic spheres: Calliope, epic poetry; Clio, history; Urania
, ... the earliest poets in their invocation of the Muse or Muses were perfectly 
sincere, .... and many days were accomplished, she bare nine daughters, all of 
one... [DOC] [TLE] Homer's Iliad - Cummings Study Guides [PAR] The Iliad is an epic poem, a long narrative work about heroic exploits that is ...