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"
Temple name can be translated to mean "Faithful Forefather". The temple name "Qìngzǔ" (庆祖/慶祖/경조/Khánh Tổ) can be translated to mean "Celebrated Forefather". The temple name "Guāngzǔ" (光祖/광조/Quang Tổ) can be translated to mean "Radiant Forefather". The temple name "Wángzǔ" (王祖/왕조/Vương Tổ) can be translated to mean "Sovereign Forefather". The temple name "Xuānzǔ" (宣祖) is translated as "선조" in Korean and "Tuyên Tổ" in Vietnamese. The temple name "Xuánzǔ" (玄祖/현조/Huyền Tổ) can be translated to mean "Profound Forefather". The temple name "Zhāozǔ" (昭祖/소조/Chiêu Tổ) can be translated to mean "Illustrious Forefather". The temple name "Zhàozǔ" (肇祖/조조/Triệu Tổ) can be translated to mean "Original