Μουσεῖον
Μουσεῖον, a temple of the Muses, seat
Μουσεῖον, τό,
- shrine of the Muses, seat or haunt of the Muses, Aeschin. 1.10: hence,
- 2 home of music or poetry, μουσεῖα θρηνήμασι ξυνῳδά choirs chiming in with dirges, E. Hel. 174 (lyr.); ἀηδόνων μ. choir of nightingales, Id. Fr. 88; parodied χελιδόνων μουσεῖα Ar. Ra. 93; τὸ Νυμφῶν νᾶμά τε καὶ μ. λόγων Pl. Phdr. 278b (but μουσεῖα λόγων, οἷον διπλασιολογία κτλ. gallery of tropes, ib. 267b): generally, school of art or letters, τὸ τῆς Ἑλλάδος μ., of Athens, Ath. 5.187d, cf. Plu. QConv. 2.736d; τὸ τῆς φύσεως μ., a phrase of Alcidamas censured by Arist. Rh. 1406a25.
- 3 a Museum, i.e. a philosophical school and library, such as that of Plato at Athens, D.L. 4.1, etc.; at Alexandria, Str. 17.1.8, BMus.Inscr. 1076 (Antinoe), etc.; περιπατοῦν M. ‘a walking library’, of Longinus, Eun. VS p.456 B.
- II the Museum, a hill at Athens, Paus. 1.25.8.
- III as the title of a book, Alcid. ap. Stob. 4.52.22.
- IV Μουσεῖα, τά, festival of the Muses, Paus. 9.31.2: sg., Ath. 14.629a; τὰ Μ. θῦσαι Phld. Acad.Ind. p.41 M.
Μουσεῖον — Mouseion Hill (Athens), Pleiades 968858713
Μουσεῖον, ου (τὸ) Mouseion (Muséum) :
1 colline d’Athènes, près de l’Acropole, Paus. 1, 25, 8 ||
2 lieu de Béotie, Plut. Syll. 17.
Μουσεῖον, ου, τό,
Μοῦσα
- 1a temple of the Muses, seat or haunt of the Muses, Aeschin.
- 2generally, a school of art and poetry, Aeschin.: metaph., μουσεῖα θρηνήμασι ξυνῳδά choirs chiming in with dirges, Eur.; χελιδόνων μουσεῖα choirs of swallows (whose twittering was a type of barbarous tongues), Ar.