Editing Muses (section)

==Etymology==
[[File:Afbeelding van Clio.jpg|thumb|308x308px|Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved in the [[Ghent University Library]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Clio|url=https://lib.ugent.be/viewer/archive.ugent.be:B3CC4648-A6A8-11E6-B1A4-293ED43445F2#?c=&m=&s=&cv=&xywh=-3760,-343,12270,6851|access-date=2020-09-28|website=lib.ugent.be}}</ref>]]
The word ''Muses'' ({{langx|grc|Μοῦσαι|Moûsai}}) perhaps came from the [[Indo-European ablaut#Proto-Indo-European|o-grade]] of the [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] root {{Lang|ine-x-proto|men-}} (the basic meaning of which is 'put in mind' in verb formations with transitive function and 'have in mind' in those with intransitive function),{{Sfn|West|2007|p=34}} or from root {{Lang|ine-x-proto|men-}} ('to tower, mountain') since all the most important cult-centres of the Muses were on mountains or hills.<ref>* A. B. Cook (1914), ''Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion'', Vol. I, p. 104, Cambridge University Press.</ref> [[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]] rejects the latter etymology and suggests that a [[Pre-Greek]] origin is also possible.<ref>[[Robert S. P. Beekes|R. S. P. Beekes]], ''Etymological Dictionary of Greek'', Brill, 2009, p. 972.</ref>