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Music and the Muses
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Master of the E-Series Tarocchi, Euterpe (music, lyric poetry), before 1467, Cleveland Museum of Art Open Access. Public-domain reproduction; depicts Euterpe playing an aulos.
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The word “music” comes from ancient Greek mousikē, “the art of the Muses.” For the Greeks, the idea included song, poetry, and dance, not just instrumental sounds. In later tradition, Euterpe was associated with music and lyric poetry.