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θεά, the “Μοῦσα” of Od. 1.1, who tells the poet the history which he has to relate; see 2.484-92, and compare Od. 22.347 “αὐτοδίδακτος δ᾽ εἰμί, θεὸς δέ μοι ἐν φρεσὶν οἴμας παντοίας ἐνέφυσεν” , and Od. 8.44, 64, 488 “ἢ σέ γε Μοῦσ᾽ ἐδίδαξε, Διὸς πάϊς, ἢ σέ γ᾽ Ἀπόλλων.