Polyhymnia
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| '''Polyhymnia''' ("the one of many hymns" /pɒlɪ'hɪmniə/) (Πολυύμνια, Πολύμνια), in [[Greek mythology]], was the [[Muse]] of [[sacred poetry]], sacred [[hymn]] and [[eloquence]] as well as [[agriculture]] and [[pantomime]]. She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long [[cloak]] and [[veil]] and resting her elbow on a pillar. Polyhymnia is also sometimes accredited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation{{Fact|date=January 2009}}. | '''Polyhymnia''' ("the one of many hymns" /pɒlɪ'hɪmniə/) (Πολυύμνια, Πολύμνια), in [[Greek mythology]], was the [[Muse]] of [[sacred poetry]], sacred [[hymn]] and [[eloquence]] as well as [[agriculture]] and [[pantomime]]. She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long [[cloak]] and [[veil]] and resting her elbow on a pillar. Polyhymnia is also sometimes accredited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation{{Fact|date=January 2009}}. | ||
| - | In [[Bibliotheca historica]], [[Diodorus Siculus]] wrote, "Polyhymnia, because by her great (polle) praises (humnesis) she brings distinction to writers whose works have won for them immortal fame...".<ref>http://www.theoi.com/Text/DiodorusSiculus4A.html Diodorus Siculus. Library of History (Books III - VIII). Translated by Oldfather, C. H. Loeb Classical Library Volumes 303 and 340. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1935.</ref> | + | In [[Bibliotheca historica]], [[Diodorus Siculus]] wrote, "Polyhymnia, because by her great (polle) praises (humnesis) she brings distinction to writers whose works have won for them immortal fame...". |
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Polyhymnia ("the one of many hymns" /pɒlɪ'hɪmniə/) (Πολυύμνια, Πολύμνια), in Greek mythology, was the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn and eloquence as well as agriculture and pantomime. She is depicted as very serious, pensive and meditative, and often holding a finger to her mouth, dressed in a long cloak and veil and resting her elbow on a pillar. Polyhymnia is also sometimes accredited as being the Muse of geometry and meditationTemplate:Fact.
In Bibliotheca historica, Diodorus Siculus wrote, "Polyhymnia, because by her great (polle) praises (humnesis) she brings distinction to writers whose works have won for them immortal fame...".
Literary Appearances
Dante's Divine Comedy: Paradiso. Canto XXIII, line 56.
In popular culture
Polyhymnia is one of the main characters in the 1955 Tom Puss story De Muzenis.
