Greek · No. 094

Song of the Muses

Real myth

Song of the Muses
Nine voices, and even spirits remember who they were.
Rarity
Common
Category
Spell
Effect
Your Spirit monsters gain +700 ATK and DEF.

The myth

The nine Muses were daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Memory, and inspired poetry, music, dance, history and astronomy. At the start of the Theogony, Hesiod tells that they danced on Mount Helicon and gave him a laurel branch and a voice to sing of what was and what will be. Their names were Calliope, Clio, Euterpe, Thalia, Melpomene, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia and Urania. Hesiod says that when a troubled man hears a singer who serves the Muses, he forgets his sorrows. Their songs delighted the gods on Olympus.

Why it has this power

A Common spell that gives 700 ATK and DEF to all your Spirits on the field for as long as they remain there. It is a bigger boost than the phalanx, because the daughters of Memory make spirits remember who they are. Ideal with Calliope, the nymphs and the Keres.

Did you know

Many ancient poems begin by invoking the Muse, like the Iliad, which opens by asking the goddess to sing the wrath of Achilles.

Connections

  • In Nikos the Young Hoplite's deck
  • In Elena, Huntress of Artemis's deck
  • In Kassandra, Daughter of the Oracle's deck
  • In Theron, Priest of the Underworld's deck
  • In Aristeia, Champion of Olympus's deck

Where to get it

  • Daily Offering: 0% per pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Welcome Pack: 0.97% per pack (Common 70% per card)
  • Traveler's Pack: 0.88% per pack · 5.2% in the themed pack (Common 64% per card)
  • Bronze Reliquary: 0.86% per pack · 5.1% in the themed pack (Common 62% per card)
  • Silver Reliquary: 0.67% per pack · 4% in the themed pack (Common 49% per card)
  • Golden Reliquary: 0.46% per pack · 2.7% in the themed pack (Common 33% per card)
  • Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.69% of days · 150 gold
  • Craft with card dust: 40 dust
  • Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

  1. MUSES (Mousai) - Greek Goddesses of Music, Poetry & the Arts — Aaron J. Atsma, Theoi Project
  2. Muse (World History Encyclopedia) — Mark Cartwright
  3. Theogony — Hesiod (trans. H. G. Evelyn-White), Theoi Classical Texts Library