Muse Calliope Clio (rato (uterpe

Domain (pic poetry .istory "usic -ritin# tablet /crolls

Emblem

0yric poetry Cithara (an ancient 1reek musical instrument in the lyre family 2ulos (an ancient 1reek musical instrument +ra#ic mask 0yre Comic mask 1lobe and compass

"elpomene +ra#edy +erpsichore 4ance +halia ,rania Comedy 2stronomy

)olyhymnia Choral poetry 3eil

Emblems of the Muses In Renaissance and Neoclassical art, the dissemination of emblem books such as Cesare Ripa's Iconologia (1593 and many further editions helped standardi!e the depiction of "uses in sculptures or paintin#s, $ho could be distin#uished by certain props, to#ether $ith $hich they became emblems readily identifiable by the %ie$er, enablin# one immediately to reco#ni!e the art $ith $hich they had become bound& Calliope (epic poetry carries a $ritin# tablet' Clio (history carries a scroll and books' (rato (lyrical poetry is often seen $ith a lyre and a cro$n of roses' (uterpe (music carries a flute, the aulos' "elpomene (tra#edy is often seen $ith a tra#ic mask' )olyhymnia (sacred poetry often is seen $ith a pensi%e e*pression' +erpsichore (dance is often seen dancin# and carryin# a lyre' +halia (comedy often is seen $ith a comic mask' and ,rania (astronomy carries a pair of compasses and the celestial #lobe&