The nine Muses: Calliʹopē (epic poetry), Clio (history). Eraʹto (elegy and lyric poetry), Euterpē (music), Melpomʹenē (tragedy), Polyhymʹnia (sacred song), Terpsicʹhorē (dancing), Thaliʹa (comedy), Uraʹnia (astronomy).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.