InGreek mythology,Nete/ˈniːtiː/ (Ancient Greek:Νήτη) was one of the threeMuses of thelyre that were worshipped atDelphi, where theTemple of Apollo and theOracle were located. Her name was also the lowest of the seven notes of the lyre. Her sisters that were worshipped along with her wereHypate andMese. These three muses were comparable to the original three,Aoide,Melete, andMneme. Alternatively, they wereCephisso,Apollonis, andBorysthenis, which portrayed them as the daughters ofApollo.
In hisQuaestiones Convivales,Plutarch acknowledged the role ofUrania as the muse of the heavens, but also gave Nete and her sisters an astronomical role. According to the text, the universe was harmonically divided into three parts: the fixed stars, the planets, and then everything under the moon. Nete took care of the latter.[1]
