Polyhymnia
Polyhymnia or Polymnia ( ancient Greek Πολυύμνια or Πολύμνια , "the kingdom of hymns") is one of the nine muses . She is the muse of hymn poetry . Like all muses, she is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne . As Diodorus Siculus narrates, she brings fame to those scribes whose works she considers immortal.
In the fine arts of antiquity, Polyhymnia is depicted as a serious and thoughtful woman and mostly without attributes . She often puts her finger to her mouth or rests her chin in her hand or her elbow on a stump of a column. She is dressed in a long coat, wears a veil and also holds a lyre , especially in post-ancient art . Since the Renaissance, Polyhymnia has occasionally been depicted with a wreath of flowers and leaves.
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- Friedrich Solmsen (ed.): Hesiodi Theogonia Opera et Dies Scvtvm. Editio Tertia . Oxford 1990. ISBN 978-0-19814071-9 (Oxford Classical Texts)
- Otto Schönberger (translator and publisher): Hesiod “Theogonie”. Greek / German. Stuttgart: Reclam 2002. ISBN 3-15-009763-0
- Albert von Schirnding (translator and publisher): Hesiod, Theogonie. Works and days. Greek / German. Zurich / Düsseldorf: Artemis, Winkler. 2001. Introduction and register: Ernst Günther Schmidt . ISBN 3-76081665-7
Web links
Commons : Polyhymnia - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ^ Theoi: Polyhymnia , accessed December 6, 2016.