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St. Augustine
On Christian Doctrine
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BOOK II.
chap. 17. Origin of the legend of the nine Muses
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chap
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17
.
Origin
of
the
legend
of
the
nine
Muses
For
we
must
not
listen
to
the
falsities
of
heathen
superstition
,
which
represent
the
nine
Muses
as
daughters
of
Jupiter
and
Mercury
.
Varro
refutes
these
,
and
I
doubt
whether
any
one
can
be
found
among
them
more
curious
or
more
learned
in
such
matters
.
He
says
that
a
certain
state
(
I
don
'
t
recollect
the
name
)
ordered
from
each
of
three
artists
a
set
of
statues
of
the
Muses
,
to
be
placed
as
an
offering
in
the
temple
of
Apollo
,
intending
that
whichever
of
the
artists
produced
the
most
beautiful
statues
,
they
should
select
and
purchase
from
him
.
It
so
happened
that
these
artists
executed
their
works
with
equal
beauty
,
that
all
nine
pleased
the
state
,
and
that
all
were
bought
to
be
dedicated
in
the
temple
of
Apollo
;
and
he
says
that
afterwards
Hesiod
the
poet
gave
names
to
them
all
.
It
was
not
Jupiter
,
therefore
,
that
begat
the
nine
Muses
,
but
three
artists
created
three
each
.
And
the
state
had
originally
given
the
order
for
three
,
not
because
it
had
seen
them
in
visions
,
nor
because
they
had
presented
themselves
in
that
number
to
the
eyes
of
any
of
the
citizens
,
but
because
it
was
obvious
to
remark
that
all
sound
,
which
is
the
material
of
song
,
is
by
nature
of
three
kinds
.
For
it
is
either
produced
by
the
voice
,
as
in
the
case
of
those
who
sing
with
the
mouth
without
an
instrument
;
or
by
blowing
,
as
in
the
case
of
trumpets
and
flutes
;
or
by
striking
,
as
in
the
case
of
harps
and
drums
,
and
all
other
instruments
that
give
their
sound
when
struck
.
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