A muse is an ancient Greek mythological figure that represents the arts of drama and music. There are nine muses. Also, Muse is also the name of an awesome band.
They were the 9 Greek goddesses of the arts and science. They included: Calliope - Goddess of Poetry (eldest of the Muses, she was a lover of Apollo, and gave birth to Orpheus and Linus, two of his...
The muses were goddesses of the arts, including: choral dance and song, history, astronomy, epic poetry, love poetry, lyric poetry, tragedy, sacred poetry, and comedy.
The Muses didn't name themselves, they were named by the Greeks. In Greek, they were called Mousai. Muse may have meaning in *men- "think": or inspiration, for they were the goddesses of music, song...