| The Muses are united with the Graces as in a work of art in the Delphian temple. |
| In ancient Greek mythology, Muses were goddesses of science and art who inspired creative endeavors. |
| Erato, who presides over the poems of love, generally accompanies the youngest and gayest of the Muses, Terpsichore. |
| The narrator's invocation of loss is as strategic as his conflation of genders in his vision of his Muses. |
| Muses of the moment, they have always known that the instant of illumination is that point of equilibrium between being and becoming. |
| In the lower half of the frontispiece, the Muses adorn the monument with attributes of their respective arts. |
