2. Noun. (plural of muse) ¹
3. Verb. (third-person singular of muse) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Muses
1. muse [v] - See also: muse
Lexicographical Neighbors of Muses
Literary usage of Muses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Connoisseur by Bonnell Thornton, George Colman, Mr Town, George Lyttelton Lyttelton (1902)
"THE JEWEL OF THE RWM OF THE LODGE OF THE NINE muses THE ... SW OF THE LODGE OF
THE NINE muses _• : THE JEWEL OF THE TREASURER OF THE LODGE OF THE NINE muses ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"Apollo, Minerva, Bacchus, Mercury, and nymphs, on the summit of Parnassus, preside
at the contest between the muses (left) and the daughters of ..."
3. Ancient Art and Its Remains: Or, A Manual of the Archaeology of Art by Karl Otfried Müller, Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker (1852)
"The plumes on the heads of the muses are explained from the victory over the
SIRENS, who were seldom formed as altogether human, being for the most part ..."
4. The History of Ancient Art by Johann Joachim Winckelmann, Giles Henry Lodge (1872)
"The muses may be seen represented, on different monuments, ... The peculiar
characteristic of the two last-named muses was forgotten by those among the ..."
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