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title: Terpsichore - the Muse of Dance
author: Andrew Bossi
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/985/terpsichore---the-muse-of-dance/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Terpsichore - the Muse of Dance
_Authored by Andrew Bossi_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/985.jpg)
## Image Caption
A statue of Terpsichore, the [Greek](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/greek/) [Muse](https://www.worldhistory.org/muse/) of Dance. A 2nd century CE copy from a Greek original (The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg).
## Bibliography
- [Hermitage - Terpsichore](http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/fcgi-bin/db2www/descrPage.mac/descrPage?selLang=English&indexClass=SCULPTURE_EN&PID=A-156&numView=1&ID_NUM=1&thumbFile=%2Ftmplobs%2FWGN0ONZ_40HCK1QYQK6.jpg&embViewVer=noEmb&comeFrom=quick&sorting=no&thumbId=6&numResults=5&tmCond=Terpsichore&searchIndex=TAGFILEN&author= "Hermitage - Terpsichore"), accessed 1 Dec 2016.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Bossi, A. (2012, December 14). Terpsichore - the Muse of Dance. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Bossi, Andrew. "Terpsichore - the Muse of Dance." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 14, 2012. .
### MLA
Bossi, Andrew. "Terpsichore - the Muse of Dance." *World History Encyclopedia*, 14 Dec 2012, .
## License & Copyright
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