Archē (Ancient Greek:Ἀρχή) inancient Greek religion was themuse of origins and beginnings.[1] She was one of the 4 (alternatively) identified Boeotian muses recognized in Delphi,[2] also known as the Mouse Titanides.[1][3]
As time passed, nine muses dedicated to the arts, sciences, and literature were uniformly recognized around Greece, now known as theOlympian Muses. The nine muses were daughters ofZeus andMnemosyne, and are more familiar in classical descriptions of the muses than the earlier four.
This was largely adapted into theancient Roman religion as well. According toCicero'sDe Natura Deorum ("On the Nature of the Gods"), "As to the Muses, there were at first four—Thelxiope, Aœde, Arche, and Melete—daughters of the second Jupiter." Cicero identifies the main nine muses as "daughters of the third Jupiter and Mnemosyne."[4]
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