Lyre holder in classical artwork

• Classical sister
• Pindar's Muse
• Apollo attendant
• Hugh Hefner's Muse?
• Muse of romantic poetry
• Sister of Polyhymnia
• Inspiration for Pindar
• One of nine sisters of Greek myth
• "Passionate" lyrist of myth

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
muse who presided over lyric poetry, literally "the Lovely," from Greek erastos "loved, beloved; lovely, charming," verbal adjective of eran "to love, to be in love with" (see Eros ).