Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

divine patronage of singers and music

divine_patronage_of_singers_and_music

A motif of the Storytelling and Narrative as Sacred Power family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

1 occurrences

1 traditions


greek

  • Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica XXII. TO POSEIDON / XXIII. TO THE SON OF CRONOS, MOST HIGH / XXIV. TO HESTIA / XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO; lines 7271-7287 confidence: high

    The speaker begins with the Muses, Apollo, and Zeus; singers and lyre-players come through the Muses and Apollo, kings are from Zeus, and those loved by the Muses have sweet speech.

    Singers and lyre-players are said to exist through the Muses and Apollo, and the Muses' love gives sweet speech.

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