And again, they chant the race of men and strong
 giants, and gladden the heart of Zeus within Olympus ,—the Olympian Muses,
 daughters of Zeus the aegis-holder.
 

 
 Them in Pieria did Mnemosyne (Memory), who reigns over the
 hills of Eleuther, bear of union with the father, the son of
 Cronos, a forgetting of ills
 and a rest from sorrow. For nine nights did wise Zeus lie with her,
 entering her holy bed remote from the immortals. And when a year was
 passed and the seasons came round as the months waned, and many days
 were accomplished, she bore nine
 daughters, all of one mind, whose hearts are set upon song, and whose
 spirit is free from care, a little way from the top-most peak of snowy
 Olympus . 
 

 
 There are their bright dancing places and beautiful homes, and beside
 them the Graces and Himerus (Desire) live in delight. And they, uttering through
 their lips a lovely voice, sing the laws of all and the goodly ways of
 the immortals, uttering their lovely voice. Then went they to
 Olympus , delighting in
 their sweet voice, with heavenly song, and the dark earth
 resounded about them as they
 chanted and a lovely sound rose up beneath their feet as they went to
 their father. And he was reigning in heaven, himself holding the
 lightning and glowing thunderbolt, when he had overcome by might his
 father Cronos; and he distributed fairly to the immortals their
 portions and declared their privileges.