Musaeus

deity earth Greek corroborated · 3

Musaeus is a legendary Greek poet said to be the son of Selene. According to Philochorus, his father was the legendary seer Eumolpus.

↻ synthesized from 3 sources

When

First attested
600 BCE
Attested period
-600 – 2020
Historical notes
Legendary Greek poet, mentioned by Philochorus as son of Selene and Eumolpus.

Relationships

teacher of
Orpheus
syncretized with
Moses
child of
Selene, Eumolpus

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Sources

Source passages

“Lastly, Selene was said to be the mother of the legendary Greek poet Musaeus, with, according to Philochorus, the father being the legendary seer Eumolpus.”

#19028 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“and with the Greek Musaeus, "the teacher of Orpheus."”

#42106 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Orpheus, Musaeus, Eumolpus, who are themselves associated with the worship of the Pierian Muses and the Attic ritual of Demeter.”

#44094 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-120b:free