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Polyhymnia (; ; " the one of many hymns "), was in Greek mythology the Muse of sacred poetry, sacred hymn and eloquence as well as agriculture and pantomime.
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* Polyhymnia is one of the main characters in the 1955 Tom Puss story De Muzenis.
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* Polyhymnia or Polymnia ( the ' of many hymns '): muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric
Polyhymnia and hymns
Her sisters include Calliope ( muse of epic poetry ), Clio ( muse of history ), Euterpe ( muse of lyrical poetry ), Terpsichore ( muse of dancing ), Erato ( muse of erotic poetry ), Thalia ( muse of comedy ), Polyhymnia ( muse of hymns ), and Urania ( muse of astronomy ).
It was discovered by J. Chacornac on October 28, 1854 and named after Polyhymnia, the Greek Muse of sacred hymns.
Polyhymnia and Greek
In later books, Poly begins to spell her name Polly to avoid awkward explanations about being named after Polyhymnia, the Greek muse of sacred music, and to keep people from pronouncing it with a long o.
Classical names used in the book include Polyhymnia and the fictional Portuguese island of Gaea, named for a Greek goddess associated with the Earth.
Polyhymnia and Muse
Polyhymnia is also sometimes accredited as being the Muse of geometry and meditation.
* Polyhymnia, the Muse of Many Songs
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Roman statue of Polyhymnia, 2nd century AD, depicting her in the act of dancing.
* In the Danish movie " Mød mig på Cassiopeia " ( Meet me on Cassiopeia ) from 1951, Polyhymnia appeared before the main character, and inspired him to finish his work.
* American author Madeleine L ' Engle named her fictional character Polly O ' Keefe after Polyhymnia.
There is a Urania Street in New Orleans, between Polymnia (" Polyhymnia ") and Felicity Streets.
Among his occasional poems are The Honour of the Garter, which has a prologue containing Peele's judgments on his contemporaries, and Polyhymnia ( 1590 ), a blank verse description of the ceremonies attending the retirement of the queens ' champion, Sir Henry Lee.
33 Polyhymnia is a main belt asteroid.
Polyhymnia has been studied by radar.
Polyhymnia is represented as Diana Mitford, Clio as Virginia Woolf.
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