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Lodge of the Nine Muses 1777 – Today 21
OLYHYMNIA
PShe presided over lyric poetry and was believed to have invented the lyre.
She was called by some the mother of Orpheus by Oeagrus and of Triptolemus
by Celeus or Cheimarrhous, son of Ares. She was even called sometimes the
mother of Eros
Polyhymnia statue at Stowe Gardens