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  • noun The Muses.

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Examples

  • The nine Muses called Pierides in Grecian Mythology were the daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne (Memory), supposed to preside over the liberal

    A History of Pantomime R. J. Broadbent

  • '216' The Pierian spring: the spring of the Muses, who were called Pierides in Greek mythology.

    The Rape of the Lock and Other Poems Alexander Pope 1716

  • Muses told; and I sing obedient to the Pierides, and this report have I heard most truly; that ye, O mightiest far of the sons of kings, by your might and your valour over the desert sands of Libya raised high aloft on your shoulders the ship and all that ye brought therein, and bare her twelve days and nights alike.

    The Argonautica 2008

  • Then wise Pallas is struck down by the dagger of error, and the charming Pierides are smitten by the truculent tyranny of madness.

    The Love of Books : The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury 2007

  • "The challenge to you, Mr Minister, then is let's stop talking and do more of the doing," Pierides said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Pierides refuted Ndebele's claim that the road freight industry was not concerned about safety and said his association actively promoted the improvement of safety practices.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1997

  • Muses told; and I sing obedient to the Pierides, and this report have I heard most truly; that ye, O mightiest far of the sons of kings, by your might and your valour over the desert sands of Libya raised high aloft on your shoulders the ship and all that ye brought therein, and bare her twelve days and nights alike.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • This is the tale the Muses told; and I sing obedient to the Pierides, and this report have I heard most truly; that ye, O mightiest far of the sons of kings, by your might and your valour over the desert sands of Libya raised high aloft on your shoulders the ship and all that ye brought therein, and bare her twelve days and nights alike.

    The Argonautica Apollonius Rhodius

  • The Pierides were signally defeated, and were transformed by the Muses into singing birds, as

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • 'Pierides _uires_ et sua tela dabunt', _EP_ III iii 34, and _EP_ III iv

    The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid

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