词汇 | the 10th muse |
词源 | the 10th muse. In Greek mythology there are commonly nine muses, the nine daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, each of them identified with individual arts and sciences. The 10th muse is a name traditionally given to Sappho, a Greek poet of Lesbos in about 600 b.c., who is thus the only real person to be accorded the status of a Muse. See lesbian. |
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