god
Musae
the Muses
also: the Muses, Musis
The nine goddesses of the arts and letters; Cicero calls his literary work the service owed to 'our Muses,' a playful figure for the writing he and Tiro do together.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 16.10 §2 service to our Muses again
The Muses, goddesses of poetry and learning, stand for Cicero's writing; the 'service' is Tiro's secretarial help with his literary projects.