There is no tenth muse in mythology. There are the nine best known muses, as well as a trio that pre-dates them, but none that are called tenth. The writer Plato called the poet Sappho of Lesbos "the tenth muse," and the term has since been applied to other female poets, as well as Queen Berenike of Egypt, and various other women.
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1 Which themes best reflect ancient Greek cultural identity?
A Virgil, Horace, Ovid
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C Doric, Corinthian, Ionic
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Anne Bradstreet wrote The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America.
Anne Bradstreet
She was the muse of History.
I thought Calliope was one of the 9 Muses and not a horse?Definition: At one time, the goddesses of inspiring springs, the nine Muses became the representatives of poetry, the arts and science : Calliope, Muse of epic song, Clio, Muse of history, Euterpe, Muse of lyric song, Thalia, Muse of comedy and bucolic poetry, Melpomene, Muse of tragedy, Terpsichore, Muse of dance, Erato, Muse of erotic poetry, Polyhymnia, Muse of sacred song, and Urania, Muse of astronomy.
There is no Greek goddess of music, but technically there is a Greek god of music, Apollo. There are also the nine Muses, which brought joy to anyone who heard their music. Their names are:Thalia - Muse of comedy and idyllic poetryMelpomene [mel-po-men-ee] - Muse of tragedyCleo - Muse of history.Euterpe - Muse of lyric poetry.Terpsichore - Muse of music and dancing.Erato - Muse of erotic poetry.Calliope - Muse of epic poetry and rhetoric.Urania - Muse of astronomy.Polyhymnia or Polymnia - Muse of sacred hymns and harmony.http://www.csun.edu/~hchum001/muses.htm