What was Hesiod doing when the Muses appeared to him?
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HesiodHesiod, detail of a mosaic by Monnus, 3rd century; in the Rhenish State Museum, Trier, Germany.
According to the Greek poet Hesiod, the Muses appeared to him while he was tending his sheep. During this encounter, they bestowed upon him a poet’s staff and endowed him with a poet’s voice, instructing him to sing of the race of the immortal gods.1
