In
Greek mythology
A major branch of classical mythology, Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the ancient Greeks, and a genre of Ancient Greek folklore. These stories concern the origin and nature of the world, the lives and activities ...
, Nete (Νήτη) was one of the three
Muses of the
lyre that were worshipped at
Delphi, where the
Temple of Apollo and the
Oracle were located. Her name was also the lowest of the seven notes of the lyre. Her sisters that were worshipped along with her were
Hypate and
Mese. These three muses were comparable to the original three,
Aoide
In Greek mythology, Aoede ( grc, Ἀοιδή, ''Aoidē'') was one of the three original Boeotian muses, which later grew to five before the Nine Olympian Muses were named. Her sisters were Melete and Mneme. She was the muse of voice and song. ...
,
Melete
In Greek mythology, Melete (Μελέτη) was one of the three original Boeotian muses before the Nine Olympian Muses were founded. Her sisters were Aoede and Mneme. She was the muse of thought and meditation. Melete literally means "ponder ...
, and
Mneme
In Greek mythology, Mneme ( grc-gre, Μνήμη, Mnḗmē) was one of the three original Boeotian muses, along with her sisters Aoede and Melete before Arche and Thelxinoë were identified, increasing the number to five. Later, the Nine Olym ...
. Alternatively, they were
Cephisso In Greek mythology, Cephisso, Cephiso, or Kephiso (;Ancient Greek: Κηφισώ) was one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Apollonis and Borysthenis.Eumelus fr. 35 as cited from Tzetzes on Hesiod
Hesiod (; g ...
,
Apollonis
Apollonis (; grc, Ἀπoλλωνίς means "of Apollo") was one of the three younger Mousai Apollonides (Muses) in Greek mythology and daughters of Apollo, who were worshipped in Delphi where the Temple of Apollo and the Oracle were located. T ...
, and
Borysthenis
In Greek mythology, Borysthenis () may refer to two distinct individuals:
* Borysthenes, one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Apollonis and Cephisso.
* Borysthenis, daughter of Borysthenes, god of the Dneper Ri ...
, which portrayed them as the daughters of
Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...
.
References
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Greek Muses
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