Muses daughters of Harmonia (the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares), which contradicts the myth in which they were dancing at the wedding of Harmonia and Cadmus. The Muses had several temples and shrines in ancient Greece, their two main cult centres being Mount Helikon in Boiotia and Pieria in Makedonia. Strabo wrote: The cult of the Muses where also commonly connected to that of Apollo. Some Greek writers give the names of the nine Muses as Kallichore, Helike, Eunike, Thelxinoë, Terpsichore, Euterpe, Eukelade, Dia, and Enope. In Renaissance and Neoclassical art, the dissemination of emblem books such as Cesare Ripa's "Iconologia"
Nine Muses (group) announced that the group name would be changed to Sweet Candy, as it would confuse people if Nine Muses was a group with only 7 members. A month later, the company confirmed that the group name was not changing, because they would add two new members to the group in the future, once again making the group a nine member group. Nine Muses introduced a new member, Gyeongree, during the group's performance in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The group released music video for their digital single "News" on January 10, 2012 and the single was officially released on January