But my OWN muse.
In classical Greece, there were nine muses, one for each of the recognised arts:
1. Calliope: epic poetry
2. Clio: history
3. Euterpe: flute-playing
4. Terpischore: lyric-poetry and dancing, esp. choral
5. Erato: lyric poetry
6. Melpomene: tragedy
7. Thalia: comedy
8. Polyhymnia: hymns and pantomime
9. Urania: astronomy
Note that none of these arts includes graphics or sculpture or architecture, the artefacts most of us associate with ancient Greece. And I doubt any of these muses, singly or in combination, would do for comic books, just to mention a more contemporary art form. Did the Greeks have gods as sponsors for these more ‘solid’ arts? Their gods certainly inspired the Greeks to build, sculpt and decorate, but did the gods also function as muses?
I’ll have to look into this more closely. I’d far rather have my own personal GOD than a mere personal muse any day! Some combination of Janus, Shiva and Thor seems a good first approximation.
