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Statue of Muse from Miletus, Ionia
Museum: Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: ca. 2nd century AD
Period: Hellenistic - Roman Imperial
In Greek mythology, the Muses are a sisterhood of
goddesses or spirits, their number set at nine by
Classical times, who embody the arts and inspire the
creation process with their graces through remembered
and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional
music, and dance. They were water nymphs, associated
with the springs of Helicon and with Pieris, from which
they are sometimes called the Pierides. The Olympian
system set Apollo as their leader, Apollon Mousagetēs.
Not only are the Muses explicitly used in modern English
to refer to an inspiration, as when one cites his/her own
artistic muse, but they are also implicit in words and
phrases such as "amuse" and "musing upon". According
to Hesiod's Theogony (seventh century BC), they are the
daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne,
goddess of memory. For Alcman and Mimnermus, they
were even more primordial, springing from Uranus and
Gaia. Pausanias records a tradition of two generations of
Muses; the first being daughters of Uranus and Gaia, the
second of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Another, rarer
genealogy is that they are daughters of Harmonia (the
daughter of Aphrodite and Ares) which contradicts the
myth in which they were dancing at the wedding of
Harmonia and Cadmus.
This sculpture is identical reproduction of the original
ancient masterpiece, now housed by the prominent
museum. The reproduction pictured here is made of
cast marble, and is extremely heavy and strong, having a
real ancient feel. An ancient patina finishing gives it an
additional historical value (you can choose not to have
patina applied and keep it all white if you like). The statue
can be displayed both inside and out, it is
weatherproofed.
Item No. S071 Dimensions: Height 170 cm (5' 7")
$5,490.00
Museum: Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Date: ca. 2nd century AD
Period: Hellenistic - Roman Imperial
In Greek mythology, the Muses are a sisterhood of
goddesses or spirits, their number set at nine by
Classical times, who embody the arts and inspire the
creation process with their graces through remembered
and improvised song and stage, writing, traditional
music, and dance. They were water nymphs, associated
with the springs of Helicon and with Pieris, from which
they are sometimes called the Pierides. The Olympian
system set Apollo as their leader, Apollon Mousagetēs.
Not only are the Muses explicitly used in modern English
to refer to an inspiration, as when one cites his/her own
artistic muse, but they are also implicit in words and
phrases such as "amuse" and "musing upon". According
to Hesiod's Theogony (seventh century BC), they are the
daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne,
goddess of memory. For Alcman and Mimnermus, they
were even more primordial, springing from Uranus and
Gaia. Pausanias records a tradition of two generations of
Muses; the first being daughters of Uranus and Gaia, the
second of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Another, rarer
genealogy is that they are daughters of Harmonia (the
daughter of Aphrodite and Ares) which contradicts the
myth in which they were dancing at the wedding of
Harmonia and Cadmus.
This sculpture is identical reproduction of the original
ancient masterpiece, now housed by the prominent
museum. The reproduction pictured here is made of
cast marble, and is extremely heavy and strong, having a
real ancient feel. An ancient patina finishing gives it an
additional historical value (you can choose not to have
patina applied and keep it all white if you like). The statue
can be displayed both inside and out, it is
weatherproofed.
Item No. S071 Dimensions: Height 170 cm (5' 7")
$5,490.00
Images of the original sculpture in the museum
