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The word 'music' comes from what Greek word?

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The word music is derived from Greek([art]the Muses"). In Greek mythology, the nine Muses were the goddesses who inspired literature, science, and the arts and who were the source of the knowledge embodied in the poetry, song-lyrics, and myths in the Greek culture.
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Mousike

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It comes from Art of the muses, and the muses were goddesses of arts and sciences. Some being poetry, music, dance.

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