From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Cleanthes"  wrote in message   
   news:1190133057.695959.268020@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...   
   > ----   "  "A Tale of Two Muses" - Calliope and ????????  Who was the   
   > second Muse?   
   >   
   > (BTW Calliope was the eldest of the nine Muses and the Muse of   
   > eloquence and epic or heroic poetry.   
   > So what does she have to do with dancing?  Polyhymnia was the Muse of   
   > dance and music.) ---   
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   >   
   >  This was much discussed when this episode first aired.  The   
   > consensus of opinion was that the second muse was Terpsichore, muse of   
   > dance.  (Polyhymnia was music and religious dance, more like).   
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   >   
   >   I am a candle in the wind...   
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   >   
   > Cleanthes   
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   >   
           Thanks for the info.  The least they could have done was mention the   
   second muse's name. Or   
   come up with a better title.   
      
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