As the tension mounts in book 11 of the Iliad we learn that Agamemnon is about to be struck by a spear and in the height of our expectation for action there is a pause to consult the Muses, thereby teasing the audience: Homer also uses the Muses as a tool to build suspense. Of Zeus of the aegis, remembered all those who came beneath Ilion. Not unless the Muses of Olympia, daughters Not if I had ten tongues and ten mouths, not if I hadĪ voice never to be broken and a heart of bronze within me, I could not tell over the multitude of them or name them, Who then of those were the chief men and the lords of the Danaans? Tell me now, you Muses, who have your homes on Olymposįor you, who are goddesses, are there, and you know all things,Īnd we have heard only the rumour of it and know nothing. For example, in the following passage from the Iliad the bard recognizes that he needs help in remembering a list of names: As literature was commonly performed in song, talking to the Muses offered a break in which the performer could recall the next lines while simultaneously asking the Muses for aid in remembering long, complex verses. This practice also served a practical purpose. Often at the beginning of their works, writers would call upon the Muses to guide them in their writing or even offer themselves as a method through which the Muses could speak and share their wisdom and memory. The Muses acted as guides who gave inspiration to writers including poets, musicians, and philosophers. The development of the nine Muses could well have been because of their similarity to the function of the real life maiden chorus who performed in plays acting as a sort of narrator. The Muses were most often imagined as a group of three as they were closely associated with other trios of female divinities “…discussion of the Muses of Helicon, lists partly analogous female divinities from the neighboring area of Boeotia: the three Charites of Orchomenos, the Sphragitid Nymphs of Mount Cithairon, the Three Maidens of Eleon east of Thebes, the Muses of Mount Thourion outside Chaironeia, and the Leibethrian Nymphs” (Maslov, 2016). A wider debate about memory, writing and mnemomics explored the individual’s natural capacity for recall versus artificial mnemonic stimuli to memory as also the individual’s inner capacity for memory versus the external stimuli to memory provided by written texts.”Īs the divinities of these aspects of the arts, the Muses had the power to grant and take away the skill of an artist, whether it be voice or memory. Improvisation although re-invented as a product of sophistic techne, was a link between the disciplines, skills and memory of the aoidos who might be required to sing to demand (or to respond to occasion), and those of the prose speaker. It had to do with developing the memory, through practice (melete), to cope with the professional demands on poets and speakers, including improvised response to occasion. “The techne of memorisation appeared in the early fifth century and was elaborated later as a rhetorical discipline. Hardie (2006) elaborates on them in this regard as follows: They represented practice, memory, and song (Melete, Mneme, and Aoide) which happen to also be the names of the Muses in one of the many versions of their identity. They are likened to Nymphs, Charites (Graces), and Sirens as they are all highly skilled in song and/or dance. Under no circumstances should you DM the talents for any reason.The Muses of Greek mythology were goddesses of poetry, song, and dance and are unparalleled in any other part of the world. If you see content outside of Reddit that goes against the company's policies, please use our contact form (scroll a little bit down for English) before DMing either /u/hololive or /u/hololive_MOD. We will let you know when rules are modified. No advertising VTubers outside of hololive production. Link directly from the creator's own source, especially if they wish for it. This applies to talents and Redditors alike. No targeted harassment, hate speech, no politics, etc. Posts not made by the official administrators are not characteristically representative of hololive production, nor any of the talents. We specialize in songs and music, but more often than not, will just stream games or chat with our fans! What is hololive production? We're a team of content creators using digital avatars providing outstanding entertainment to the masses! The official hololive production subreddit!
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