These things, then, the Muses sang who dwell on
 Olympus , nine daughters
 begotten by great Zeus, Cleio and Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene and
 Terpsichore, and Erato and Polyhymnia and Urania and Calliope, “She of the noble voice.”
 Calliope is queen of Epic poetry. who is the chiefest of
 them all, for she attends on
 worshipful princes: whomever of heaven-nourished princes the daughters
 of great Zeus honor and behold at his birth, they pour sweet dew upon
 his tongue, and from his lips flow gracious words. All the
 people look towards him
 while he settles causes with true judgements: and he, speaking surely,
 would soon make wise end even of a great quarrel; for therefore are
 there princes wise in heart, because when the people are being
 misguided in their assembly, they set right the matter again with ease, persuading them with gentle
 words. And when he passes through a gathering, they greet him as a god
 with gentle reverence, and he is conspicuous amongst the assembled:
 such is the holy gift of the Muses to men. For it is through the Muses
 and far-shooting Apollo that there are singers and harpers upon the earth; but princes are of
 Zeus, and happy is he whom the Muses love: sweet flows speech from his
 mouth. For although a man has sorrow and grief in his newly-troubled
 soul and lives in dread because his heart is distressed, yet, when a
 singer,