CLA 220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 41: Mount Helicon, Greek Mythology, Mneme
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Athean converse with her sistahs the 9 muses (daughters of zeus and. Mnemosyne memory ) these stories all have to do with hubris or mortal pride mortals who mount challenges against gods and pay dearly because we all know the gods are all jealous bitches with severe inferiority complexes. Mount helicon the pad of the lovely ladies original 3 aoide (song) Melete (practice) and mneme (memory) all of these have to do with poetry eventually become 9. Each muse gets to own different artistic aspects calliope is the muse of epic poetry (i. e. homer) and she is an important bitch so you better remember her name. Athena is chilling with her sisters and all these stories are the result. Medusa"s dead body gives birth to 2 different beings: 1) the winged horse, pegasus, and 2) chrysaor he of the golden sword .
