Terpsichore

Terpsichore ( Greek: Τερψιχόρη " the Merry dance, the dance Joyful " - especially later "Muse of dance "; emphasis on the Latin and German i: Terpsichore ) is one of the nine Muses, who are all daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. She is the muse of choral poetry and dance, and has its name of some ancient writer believes, therefore, that she amused her lover with the temptations that come from the scholarship. You should have first and for other fine arts invented dancing the sciences.

In some sources it is seen as the mother of the Sirens with the river god Achelous. My name comes from the Greek words τέρπω " delight, delight " and χορός " dance, dance ". In this sense, her name is still the inspiration for a variety of dance sports clubs.

Terpsichore is mapped as a garlanded with flowers nymph in a light robe, with lively gesture and as dancing or seated Virgin. Usually it is the attribute of the lyre ( a lyre ) and a plectrum shown and described.