During the summer of 1989, New Order supported Technique by touring with Public Image Ltd, Throwing Muses and The Sugarcubes across the United States and Canada in what was the press dubbed the " Monsters of Alternative Rock " tour.

" His trademark steady beat and agility with complex rhythms were highlighted in a self-titled Throwing Muses reunion album release in 2003, which the group supported with concert appearances in Europe and major U. S. cities that year.

Of the many islands of the Aegean, the one which bards most in fealty owe to Apollo, leader of the inspiring Muses, is Delos, the sacred island that was Apollo's birthplace.

Some ancient sources say the novensiles are nine in number, leading to both ancient and modern identifications with other divine collectives numbering nine, such as the nine Etruscan deities empowered to wield thunder or with the Muses.

With Heije, the popular poet of Holland in those days, and Bakhuizen van den Brink, the rising historian ( see also Groen van Prinsterer ), Potgieter founded De Muzen ( The Muses, 1834-1836 ), a literary review, which was, however, soon superseded by De Gids (" The Guide "), a monthly, which became the leading magazine of Holland.

* The lyric poet Bacchylides quoted / paraphrased Hesiod in a victory ode addressed to Hieron of Syracuse, commemorating the tyrant's win in the chariot race at the Pythian Games 470 BC, the attribution made with these words: " A man of Boeotia, Hesiod, minister of the Muses, spoke thus: ' He whom the immortals honour is attended also by the good report of men.

And his efforts to get a performance for his Gallant Muses invariably failed.

As the leader of the Muses ( Apollon Musegetes ) and director of their choir, Apollo functioned as the patron god of music and poetry.

The contest was judged by the Muses.

Lastly, his Mouseion ( a word invoking the Muses ) seems to have contained the narrative of the Contest of Homer and Hesiod, of which the version that has survived is the work of a grammarian in the time of Hadrian, based on Alcidamas.

In ancient Greece, the word mousike was used to mean any of the arts or sciences governed by the Muses.

The poet prays to the Muses to provide him with divine inspiration to tell the story of a great hero.

Weimar ’ s Courtyard of the Muses, a tribute to The Enlightenment and the Weimar Classicism depicting German poets Friedrich Schiller | Schiller, Christoph Martin Wieland | Wieland, Johann Gottfried Herder | Herder and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | Goethe.

The Histories, otherwise known as The Researches or The Inquiries, were divided by later Alexandrian editors into nine books, named after the nine Muses: the " Muse of History ", Clio, representing the first book, then Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polymnia, Ourania and Calliope for books 2 to 9, respectively.

It shows Ptolemy and his wife or sister Arsinoe III standing beside a seated poet, flanked by figures from the Odyssey and Iliad, with the nine Muses standing above them and a procession of worshippers approaching an altar, believed to represent the Alexandrine Homereion.

Apollo, the god of music and poetry, also appears, along with a female figure tentatively identified as Mnemosyne, the mother of the Muses.

Muses dancing on Mount Helicon.

Hesiod claimed he was inspired by the Muses to become a poet after they appeared to him on Mount Helicon.

His poetry was partly an account of heroes and divinities, such as the Muses themselves, and included praise of kings.

He also describes a meeting between himself and the Muses on Mount Helicon, where he had been pasturing sheep when the goddesses presented him with a laurel staff, a symbol of poetic authority ( Theogony, ll.

Built in the Brucheion ( Royal Quarter ) in the style of Aristotle's Lyceum, adjacent to and in service of the Musaeum ( a Greek Temple or " House of Muses ", hence the term " museum "), the library comprised a Peripatos walk, gardens, a room for shared dining, a reading room, lecture halls and meeting rooms.

The Museum's introductory slideshow recounts that, " In its original sense, the term, " museum " meant " a spot dedicated to the Muses, a place where man's mind could attain a mood of aloofness above everyday affairs.

While the Pixies were playing a concert with Throwing Muses, they were noticed by producer Gary Smith, manager of Fort Apache Studios.

After the album was released, the band arrived in England to support Throwing Muses on the European " Sex and Death " tour — beginning at the Mean Fiddler in London.

Deal formed a new band, The Breeders, with Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses and bass player Josephine Wiggs of Perfect Disaster.

Friend of the Muses, Pegasus is the creator of Hippocrene, the fountain on Mt.

Hypotheses have been proposed regarding its relationship with the Muses, the gods Athena, Poseidon, Zeus, Apollo, and the hero Perseus.

One of these springs was upon the Muses ' Mount Helicon, the Hippocrene (" horse spring "), opened, Antoninus Liberalis suggested, at the behest of Poseidon to prevent the mountain swelling with rapture at the song of the Muses ; another was at Troezen.

This is further supported by the fact that Stonehenge has been known as Apollo's Temple since classical antiquity, and Hyperborea in Greek legend was related to Apollo ( see Legends below ).

Skeptics claim that many of the allegedly hominin-like features seen in the Ardipithecus material are found elsewhere among living and fossil primates, and that claims about its hominin status and locomotor habits are not adequately supported by the available evidence.

However, he later pressed his brother to retract the claims and instead supported claim from the Papal States.

In addition, in 889, Arnulf supported the claim of Louis the Blind to the kingdom of Provence, after receiving a personal appeal from Louis ’ mother, Ermengard, who came to see Arnulf at Forchheim in May 889.

Angered by the non-appearance of Charles, he welcomed Odo at the Diet of Worms in May 895, and again supported Odo's claim to the West Francian throne.

According to recent academics, Athanasius, growing impatient, took a small number of bishops who supported his claim, and held a private consecration making him bishop.

The common claim that " cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis " is not supported by any evidence.

The British Royal Society of Chemistry claims that British scientist Edward Harrison developed the first practical gas mask for mass production, a claim supported by a thank-you note written by Winston Churchill.

Some observers claim that Trujillo supported an abortive coup attempt by young Garde officers in December 1937.

In 1861 Napoleon III largely supported Maximilian in his claim to Mexico, a move that was also supported by Britain and Spain but condemned by the U. S. This led to the French intervention in Mexico, which turned out to be a failure.

Additionally, Ted Sorensen claimed in his memoir Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History ( 2008 ) to have had a hand in the speech, and said he had incorrectly inserted the word ein, incorrectly taking responsibility for the " jelly doughnut misconception ", below, a claim apparently supported by Berlin mayor Willy Brandt but dismissed by later scholars since the final typed version, which does not contain the words, is the last one Sorensen could have worked on.

The claim has been disputed, but it has also been well supported by " The Original of Rebecca in Ivanhoe ", an article that appeared in The Century Magazine in 1882.

The Venetians and Templars supported the claim, and Balian was powerless to oppose him.

It also supported its claim with an unratified 1935 treaty between France and Italy, the colonial powers of Chad and Libya, respectively.

The Japanese claim to these lands had been supported by the western powers of France, the U. K. and the U. S. at the Treaty of Versailles, who also agreed that Japan could take control of all the territories in China that had formerly been under the dominion of the defeated German Empire.

Michelangelo's claim was supported at the time by the reigning Count of Canossa.

Although most modern historians reject this claim, Bohemian historiography supported the Piast parentage of Vladivoj.

The claim that macroevolution does not occur, or is impossible, is not supported by the scientific community.

The leader of this revolt, Gen. José María Moncada, declared that he supported the claim of exiled Liberal vice-president Juan Bautista Sacasa, who arrived in Puerto Cabezas in December, declaring himself president of a " constitutional " government.

King Philip II of France supported Philip's claim, whereas King Richard of England supported his nephew Otto.

The British political resident in Bahrain supported Qatar's claim and warned Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, the ruler of Bahrain, not to intervene militarily.

Guy's claim was challenged by Conrad of Montferrat, second husband of Sibylla's half-sister, Isabella: Conrad, whose defence of Tyre had saved the kingdom in 1187, was supported by Philip of France, son of his first cousin Louis VII of France, and by another cousin, Duke Leopold V of Austria.

Sadger supported his claim that homosexuality could be cured entirely by describing a four month analysis of a patient whose crucial memories “ had been wholly unconscious and first had to be unearthed very laboriously through a month-long analysis .“ Making striking claims about homosexuality on the basis of brief analyses appears to have been typical for psychoanalysts in the early 20th century.

At the same time, Severus felt it was reasonable to offer Clodius Albinus, the powerful governor of Britannia who had probably supported Didius against him, the rank of Caesar, which implied some claim to succession.