Attention!! Attention!! Please full view, if you don't you'll only see one of the nine muses


Completely inspired by *MisterIngo's Statues of the Past, when I saw them I immediatly thought of the muses and told him so, he in turn challenged me to create them.

If anyone knows who they are before reading on, bravo , i didn't even know there where 9

From left to right:

Euterpe: Muse of music, playing the flute
Calliope: Muse of epic poetry, carries a writing tablet
Clio: Muse of history, carries a scroll and has books by her pillar
Erato: Muse lyric poetry, carries a lyre and has a crown of roses
Melpomene: Muse of tragedy, carries a tragic mask
Polyhymnia: Muse of sacred poetry, is seen with a pensive expression and carries a book
Terpsichore: Muse of dancing, is seen dancing
Thalia: Muse of comedy, carries a comic mask
Urania: Muse of astronomy, carries jupiter, wears a crown of stars and has a telescope by her pillar.


I looked up each of them to see how i could portray them best. I tried to follow what I found, but on three of them I couldn't. Polyhymnia is said to have often been seen with a pensive expression (i couldn't imagine how hard it is to have an emote look pensive she probably took the longest of any of them), i finally got her looking somewhat pensive, but she looked just so empty compared to the others i gave her a book to hold. Terpsichore was dancing and also carried a lyre, since i already had Erato with one i decided to leave it out. Urania is often seen carrying a staff pointed at a celestial globe, but I also found a painting of her where she was sitting on the earth so i decided to have her hold jupiter. And made it more modern by adding a telescope.


The only one i really don't like is Terpsichore (dance) if anyone has any ideas, i'm entirely open to them!

Also please tell me which one you like the best and why (every person i've showed have each liked a different one, now i want to see which one you like )


Statues of the Past is great! Check it out!