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DESCRIPTION<br />
THE 9 GODDESSES WHO INSPIRE HUMANITY, AND MAIM, DESTROY OR TRANSFORM INTO BIRDS ANY HUMAN<br />
WHO CHALLENGES THEIR SUPREMACY.<br />
EACH MUSE CARRIES A WHITE BOOK WITH HER SYMBOL ON IT. THE MUSES ARE DRESSED IDENTICALLY, IN<br />
WHITE, TO LET THEM SERVE IN BOTH PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN CAPACITIES. CALLIOPE, THE ELDEST SISTER, MAY<br />
BE DISTINGUISHED BY HER HEIGHT AND/OR A GOLD BAND ON HER HEAD. TERPSICHORE IS THE SMALLEST MUSE<br />
AND EUTERPE, PERHAPS, THE 2 ND SMALLEST. POLYHYMNIA (NEARLY?) ALWAYS WEARS HER PENSIVE LOOK AND<br />
HAS A FINGER AT THE MOUTH. WHEN THE MUSES SING CHRISTIAN MUSIC ON STAGE THEY SHOW THE BACK OF<br />
THEIR BOOKS. ALL THE MUSES’ PROPS ARE IMAGINARY EXCEPT FOR THEIR BOOKS AND EUTERPE’S FLUTE IN<br />
L’INFERNO.<br />
NAME SYMBOL DOMAIN INTEREST<br />
CALLIOPE (CALLIOPEIA) Writing tablet Epic Poetry Philosophy<br />
CLIO Scroll History the Alphabet<br />
ERATO Lyre Love Poetry<br />
EUTERPE Double flute Music<br />
MELPOMENE Tragic mask Tragedy Chanting<br />
POLY(HY)MNIA Pensive mask; finger at mouth Sacred Poetry Geometry<br />
TERPSICHORE Dancing figure Dancing<br />
THALIA (THALEIA) Comic mask Comedy<br />
URANIA (OURANIA) [Staff points to] globe or stars Astronomy Prophecy<br />
♫RESPONSE TO INVOCATION: OVERTURE * * * * * * * * * *<br />
INF C2 7<br />
CHORUS OR MUSES ONLY<br />
Ancient or Archaic Greek Music, becoming Christian.<br />
DANTE DOES NOT HEAR OR SEE THE MUSES. VIRGIL STOPS AND TURNS BUT DOES NOT SEE<br />
THEM.<br />
WHEN THEY CEASE SINGING, THE LIGHT SWITCHES OFF. DANTE MAKES NOTES AS HE<br />
SPEAKS.<br />
DANTE:<br />
INF C2 10-12 / DANTE INF C2 10-12 / KLINE<br />
Io cominciai: Poeta che mi guidi, I began: Poet, who guides me, examine my virtue,<br />
guarda la mia virtù s'ell' è possente, see if I am fitting,<br />
prima ch'a l'alto passo tu mi fidi. before you trust me to the steep way.<br />
INF C2 13-15 / DANTE<br />
Tu dici che di Silvïo il parente, You say that Aeneas, the father of Sylvius,<br />
corruttibile ancora, ad immortale while still corruptible flesh,<br />
secolo andò, e fu sensibilmente. went to the eternal world, and in his senses.<br />
INF C2 16-18 / DANTE<br />
Però, se l'avversario d'ogne male But if God, who opposes every evil, was gracious<br />
cortese i fu, pensando l'alto effetto to him,thinking of the noble consequence,<br />
ch'uscir dovea di lui, e 'l chi e 'l quale of who and what should derive from him,<br />
INF C2 19-21 / DANTE<br />
non pare indegno ad omo d'intelletto; then that does not seem unreasonable<br />
ch'e' fu de l'alma Roma e di suo impero to a man of intellect, since he was chosen to be<br />
ne l'empireo ciel per padre eletto: the father of benign Rome, and of her empire.<br />
INF C2 22-24 / DANTE<br />
la quale e 'l quale, a voler dir lo vero, Both of them were founded<br />
fu stabilita per lo loco santo as a sacred place, where the<br />
u' siede il successor del maggior Piero. successor of the great Peter is enthroned.<br />
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