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Muscarol, king of flies, and father of Clarion the most beautiful of the race.—Spenser: Muiopotmos or The Butterfly’s Fate (1590).

Muse (The Tenth), Marie Lejars de Gournay, a French writer (1566–1645).

Antoinette Deshoulieres; also called “The French Calliopê.” Her best work is an allegory called Les Moutons (1633–1694).

Mille. Scudéri was preposterously so called (1607–1701).

Also Delphine Gay, afterwards Mme. Emile de Girardin. She assumed the name of “viconte de Launay.” Béranger sang of “the beauty of her shoulders,” and Châteaubriand of “the charms of her smile” (1804–1855).

Muse-Mother, Mnemosynê, goddess of memory and mother of the Muses.

Memory,
That sweet Muse-mother.

R. Browning: Prometheus Bound (1850).

Muses (Symbols of the).

(1) Calliope [Kal-ly-o-py], the epic Muse. Her symbols are a tablet and stylus; sometimes a scroll.

(2) Clio, Muse of history. Her symbol is a scroll, or an open chest of books.

(3) Erato, Muse of love ditties. Her symbol is a lyre.

(4) Euterpê, Muse of lyric poetry, whose symbol is a flute.

(5) Melpomenê, Muse of tragedy: a tragic mask, the club of Herculês, or a sword. She wears the cothurnus, and her head is wreathed with vine leaves.

(6) Polyhymnia, Muse of sacred poetry. She sits pensive, but has no attribute, because deity is not to be represented by any visible symbol.

(7) Terpsichorê [Terp-sick-o-ry] Muse of choral song and dance. Her symbols are a lyre and the plectrum.

(8) Thalia, Muse of comedy and idyllic poetry. Her symbols are a comic mask, a shepherd’s staff, or a wreath of ivy.

(9) Urania, Muse of astronomy. She carries a staff pointing to a globe.

Museum (A Walking), Longinus, author of a work on The Sublime (213–273).

Musgrave (Sir Richard), the English champion who fought with sir William Deloraine the Scotch champion, to decide by combat whether young Scott, the heir of Branksome Hall, should become the page of king Edward or be delivered up to his mother. In the combat, sir Richard was slain, and the boy was delivered over to his mother.—Sir W. Scott: Lay of the Last Minstrel (1805).

Musgrave (Sir Miles), an officer in the king’s service under the earl of Montrose.—Sir W. Scott: Legend of Montrose (time, Charles I.).

Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Little), an old ballad, which is often quoted and referred to by mediæval writers. Lady Barnard invited Little Musgrave to pass the night with her at her country house in Bucklesford- bury. He consented to do so, but her page, who overheard the assignation, went and told lord Barnard. Lord Barnard disbelieved the page, but nevertheless went to his country house, and found that the page had spoken the truth. He commanded Little Musgrave to dress himself, and then handing him a sword,