Musaeus
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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
- co occurs with
- Eumolpus, Linus, Ialemus, Hylas, Pierian Muses, Ibis, Tot-Hermes, Ineffable Name, Apollo, Dionysus, Demeter, Cybele, Zeus, Helios, Hera, Themis, Eirene, Nemea, Horae, Ersa, Pandia, Endymion, Narcissus, Eunomia, Dike, God, Isis, Apis
- teacher of
- Orpheus
- syncretized with
- Moses
Mentioned by
- Apollo
- Dionysus
- Demeter
- Cybele
- Zeus
- Helios
- Hera
- Themis
- Eirene
- Nemea
- Horae
- Ersa
- Pandia
- Endymion
- Narcissus
- Eunomia
and 6 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
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