the Muse
quoted 11 times by 9 works · as a person
Most often quoted — the words themselves, in quotation. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
7 quoted · 4 reported
9 neutralin the voice of Chorus Leader 2 , hymnic narrator 2 , Hesiod 1 , Hymnic singer 1 , hymn speaker 1 , hymnic speaker 1 , narrator 1 , the Muses 1 , the narrator 1
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in the voice of Chorus Leader
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Rhesus Euripides 2 neutral 2 citations · 8 passages
A direct speech act describing and interpreting the vision as it manifests before the characters.
LEADER.
rhesus ¶ -
in the voice of the narrator
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Iliad Homer 1 neutral 2 citations
The narrator directly invokes the Muses as the authoritative source for the account of who first met Agamemnon in the field.
Tell me now you Muses that dwell in the mansions of Olympus, who, whether of the Trojans or of their allies, was first to face Agamemnon?
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in the voice of Hesiod
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Works and Days Hesiod 1 neutral 1 citation
The opening lines are a direct speech-act of invocation by the narrator to the Muses, asking them to sing of Zeus.
Muses of Pieria who give glory through song, come hither, tell of Zeus your father and chant his praise.
works and days ¶ -
in the voice of Hymnic singer
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Hymn 19 to Pan Homeric Hymns 1 neutral 1 citation
The passage begins with an address requesting the Muse's account of Pan.
Muse, tell me about Pan, the dear son of Hermes, with his goat's feet and two horns —a lover of merry noise.
hymn 19 to pan ¶ -
in the voice of hymnic narrator
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Hymn 20 To Hephaestus Homeric Hymns 1 neutral 1 citation
The passage contains a direct imperative address to the Muse.
Sing, clear-voiced Muse, of Hephaestus famed for inventions.
hymn 20 to hephaestus ¶ -
in the voice of hymn speaker
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Hymn 32 To Selene Homeric Hymns 1 neutral 1 citation
The hymn opens by requesting the Muses' song about Selene.
And next, sweet voiced Muses, daughters of Zeus, well-skilled in song, tell of the long-winged Moon.
hymn 32 to selene ¶ -
in the voice of hymnic narrator
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Hymn 33 To the Dioscuri Homeric Hymns 1 neutral 1 citation
The paragraph begins with a direct imperative address to the Muses.
Bright-eyed Muses, tell of the Tyndaridae, the Sons of Zeus, glorious children of neat-ankled Leda, Castor the tamer of horses, and blameless Polydeuces.
hymn 33 to the dioscuri ¶ -
in the voice of hymnic speaker
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Hymn 9 to Artemis Homeric Hymns 1 neutral 1 citation
The hymn begins with an address to the Muse as the source of the song.
Muse, sing of Artemis, sister of the Far-shooter, the virgin who delights in arrows, who was fostered with Apollo.
hymn 9 to artemis ¶ -
in the voice of the Muses
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Republic Plato 1 citation · 2 passages
The Muses are portrayed as directly speaking the mock-tragic account of civic dissension and the geometrical number, explicitly framed as their own utterance ('what do the Muses say next?').
And this entire geometrical number is determinative of this thing, of better and inferior births.
book 8 ¶
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