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Erato (lyric and love poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #14), before 1467. In Greek mythology, the Muses were goddesses who presided over different branches of the arts and sciences. They were the nine daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory. Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry was their leader.