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The Muses

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Hesiod Name

We read that he says he met them on his way up Mount Helikon. Now, is that unusual? Is this a vision? Is it unusual for people to say they met the muses? Yes, I mean, I have been a bit misleading. He doesn't say I met them. He said it was on Mount HelikOn that they taught me songs. So we presume some sort of meeting, but it's a kind of almost an auditory hallucination because he hears them. And if you believe in nymphs, you're quite likely to meet them. You meet them not just anywhere, but in sort of remote, wild places. But what's interesting in Hes

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