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Polyhymnia
[ pol-i-him-nee-uh ]
noun
, Classical Mythology.
- the Muse of sacred music and dance.
Polyhymnia
/ ˌpɒlɪˈhɪmnɪə /
noun
- Greek myth the Muse of singing, mime, and sacred dance
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Polyhymnia1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Polyhymnia1
Latin, from Greek Polumnia full of songs; see poly- , hymn
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Example Sentences
The wisest and most dignified of all the Muses is Polyhymnia, who presides over sacred music.
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Again the perturbed Butts showed signs of a desire to assault the wooden incarnation of the spirit of the Polyhymnia.
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It's off the Polyhymnia—name on the stern-sheets—evidence enough—notice, men!
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The muse, Polyhymnia, soon emerged from the stage of childish stammering.
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To Polyhymnia belonged that harmony of voice and gesture which gives a perfection to oratory and poetry.
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