Musaeus of Athens ( Greek : Μουσαῖος , Mousaios ) was a legendary polymath , philosopher, historian, prophet, seer, priest, poet, and musician, said to have been the founder of priestly poetry in Attica . He composed dedicatory and purificatory hymns and prose treatises, and oracular responses.
13-457: Musaeus , Musaios (Ancient Greek: Μουσαῖος ) or Musäus may refer to: Greek poets [ edit ] Musaeus of Athens , legendary polymath, considered by the Greeks to be one of their earliest poets Musaeus of Ephesus , lived after 241 BCE Musaeus Grammaticus , lived probably in the beginning of the 6th century Musaeus of Massilia , lived in
26-400: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Musaeus of Athens A semimythological personage, to be classed with Olen , Orpheus , and Pamphus . He was regarded as the author of various poetical compositions, especially as connected with the mystic rites of Demeter at Eleusis , over which the legend represented him as presiding in
39-574: The Acropolis of Athens , on a bay of the Saronic Gulf . The bay is also referred to as "Bay of Phalerum" ( Greek : Όρμος Φαλήρου Órmos Falíru ). The area of Phalerum is now occupied by the towns Palaio Faliro , Kallithea , Moschato and Neo Faliro , all of which are part of the Athens agglomeration. Phalerum was the major port of Athens before Themistocles had the three rocky natural harbours by
52-532: The first half of the 5th century Other uses [ edit ] Musaeus (officer of Antiochus III) (fl. 190 BCE), Seleucid Empire Musaeus College , a private girls' school in Colombo, Sri Lanka 10749 Musäus , a main belt asteroid Musaeus (spider) , a spider genus of the family Thomisidae See also [ edit ] Musäus , a surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
65-568: The following poetical compositions, accounted as his among the ancients:— Aristotle also quotes some verses of Musaeus in Book VIII of his Politics : "Song is to mortals of all things the sweetest." but without specifying from what work or collection. William Smith noted a theory that the Musaeus who is named as the author of the Theogony and Sphaera was a different person from the legendary bard of
78-405: The modern coastline, contained pottery, tracks from the carts that would have served the port, and makeshift fireplaces where travelers waiting to take ship would have cooked and kept warm. The Park of Maritime Tradition, a collection of preserved historic ships, is located at the site. At the southern tip is the permanent anchorage of the armored cruiser HS Averof (now a floating museum), which
91-412: The promontory of Piraeus developed as alternative, from 491 BC. It was said that Menestheus set sail with his fleet to Troy from Phalerum, as did Theseus when he sailed to Crete after the death of Androgeus . Recently, archaeologists have uncovered what appear to be traces of ancient Athens’s first port before the city’s naval and shipping centre was moved to Piraeus. The site, some 350 m from
104-419: The same name, but he suggests that there is not any evidence to support that view. The poem on the loves of Hero and Leander is by a very much later author, known as Musaeus Grammaticus . Phalerum Phalerum or Phaleron ( Ancient Greek : Φάληρον Phálēron [pʰálɛːron] ; Greek : Φάληρο ( Fáliro ) , [ˈFaliro] ) was a port of Ancient Athens , 5 km southwest of
117-518: The time of Heracles. He was reputed to belong to the family of the Eumolpidae, being the son of Eumolpus and Selene. In other variations of the myth he was less definitely called a Thracian . According to Diodorus Siculus , Musaeus was the son of Orpheus, and according to Tatian he was the disciple of Orpheus. Others made him the son of Antiphemus , or Antiophemus, and Helena . Alexander Polyhistor , Clement of Alexandria and Eusebius say he
130-423: The title Musaeus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Musaeus&oldid=1254081496 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text Short description
143-803: Was buried at Phalerum , with the epitaph: "Musaeus, to his sire Eumolpus dear, in Phalerean soil lies buried here." According to Pausanias , he was buried on the Mouseion Hill , south-west of the Acropolis , where there was a statue dedicated to a Syrian. Herodotus reports that, during the reign of Peisistratus at Athens , the scholar Onomacritus collected and arranged the oracles of Musaeus but inserted forgeries of his own devising, later detected by Lasus of Hermione . The mystic and oracular verses and customs of Attica, especially of Eleusis , are connected with his name. A Titanomachia and Theogonia are also attributed to him by Gottfried Kinkel . We find
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#1732855750473156-693: Was the admiralty ship of the Hellenic Navy during the Balkan Wars and World War I . Other museum ships include the Hellenic Navy destroyer HS Velos (D16), the old cable ship Thalis o Milisios (Thales of Miletos) and Olympias , a modern reconstruction of an ancient trireme naval ship. [REDACTED] Media related to Phaleron at Wikimedia Commons 37°56′02″N 23°41′07″E / 37.933883°N 23.685237°E / 37.933883; 23.685237 This Athens location article
169-404: Was the teacher of Orpheus. In Aristotle a wife Deioce is given him; while in the elegiac poem of Hermesianax ., quoted by Athenaeus (xiii. p. 597), Antiope is mentioned as his wife or mistress. The Suda gives him a son Eumolpus . The scholiast on Aristophanes mentions an inscription said to have been placed on the tomb of Musaeus at Phalerus. According to Diogenes Laërtius he died and
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