The Muses
- Looks after
- Practice
Melete
Μελέτη
Melete, whose name means practice or care, is one of the early three Muses in a tradition from Helicon.
Melete is named by Pausanias as one of three Muses worshipped at Helicon before the nine: practice (Melete), memory (Mneme) and song (Aoide). The idea is neat, since it suggests that poetry rests on practice, memory and song.
She has no myth, and appears only in these lists.
The ancient evidence for Melete is limited, so this page is short on purpose.
Ancient sources
- Pausanias 9.29.1-3
- Cicero, De Natura Deorum 3.54