Clio and Euterpe and Thalia and Melpomene and Terpsichore and Erato and Polymnia and Ourania and Calliope, who is the most important: she accompanies kings, he adds. In this list, the Muses have not yet been allotted their specialisms – something that doesn’t happen until later accounts – but eventually they will come to cover everything from history writing to sacred hymns, dance to epic poetry.
