ABSTRACT
Tous,thehabitofreferringtoone'ssourceswouldseemnaturalina scholarorahistorian,anditisperhapsalittlesurprisingtofindthatthis habitstemsfromthepoets;butitdoes.TheGreekpoetsrefertothe sourcesoftheirknowledge.Thesesourcesaredivine.TheyaretheMuses. TheGreekbards',GilbertMurrayobserves1
alwaysowe,notonlywhatweshouldcalltheirinspiration,but theiractualknowledgeoffactstotheMuses.TheMuses'are presentandknowallthings'...Hesiod...alwaysexplains thatheisdependentontheMusesforhisknowledge.Other sourcesofknowledgeareindeedrecognized....Butmostoften heconsultstheMuses....sodoesHomerforsuchsubjectsasthe CatalogueoftheGreekarmy.
