person
Polyhymnia
also: Полигимния
One of the nine Greek Muses, patron of sacred hymn and, by looser nineteenth-century usage, song in general; petitioned by a singer eyeing a move to better-paid light opera.
Reading notes
- Modern Prayers §4 Polyhymnia, muse of song
One of the nine Muses, traditionally patron of sacred hymn and, by looser nineteenth-century usage, song in general; petitioned here by a singer eyeing a move to lighter, better-paid operetta.