(Πολύμυνα, contr. for Πολύμυνα, i.e., *She of the many dreams*), one of the nine Muses. She was the goddess sometimes of the higher lyric poetry, sometimes of eloquence.

"Nec Polyhymnia Lesbicum refugit tendere barbiton." (Hor., Od. i. 1, 33.)

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**POLYNESIA.**