All 4 Uses of
muse
in
The Sea of Monsters
- "What will Annabeth's makeover be?" Circe mused.
Chpt 12 *mused = wondered (thought about)
- "Grilled satyr with mango chutney," Polyphemus mused.†
Chpt 14mused = thought -- possibly aloud
- "The sheep," Annabeth mused.†
Chpt 14
- "And so, the Fleece," Luke mused.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(muse as in: her musings) reflect (think) deeply on a subject -- perhaps aloud
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(2)
(muse as in: She was his muse) the source of an artist's inspiration - especially a person or mythological goddessThe 9 muses were the daughters of the Greek gods Zeus & Mnemosyne. Each of the muses was thought to inspire and preside over one of the arts.
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, muse is used as a synonym for "poet". In Shakespeare's time, muse could be used in the sense of being astonished or puzzled by something strange or unexpected.