“These are the divine-voiced women that Helicon fed with song, Helicon and Macedonian Pieria’s rock: {{w|Praxilla}}; {{w|Moero}}; Anyte, the female Homer; Sappho, glory of the Lesbian women with lovely tresses; {{w|Erinna}}; renowned {{w|Telesilla}}; and thou, {{w|Corinna}}, who didst sing the martial shield of Athena; {{w|Nossis}}, the tender-voiced, and dulcet-toned Myrtis—all craftswomen of eternal pages. Great Heaven gave birth to nine {{w|Muses}}, and Earth to these nine, the deathless delight of men.”