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See Morat. Murviedro (mör-ve-ā'Thrō). A small town in the province of Valencia, Spain, situated on the Palancia 15 miles north-northeast of Valencia: the ancient Saguntum (which see). Here, Oct. 25, 1811, the French under Suchet defeated the Spaniards under Blake. Murzuk, or Mourzouk (mör-zök'). The capital of Fezzan, situated about lat. 25° 50′ N., long. 140 10 E. Population, estimated, 6,500. Mus. See Decius , Mus . Musa (mö'sä). Born at Mecca about 660: died about 718. A Saracen viceroy of Egypt. He conquered northern Africa, and conquered Spain (with the aid of Tarik) 711-713. Musæus (mu-sē'us). [Gr. Μουσαίος , (servant) 'of the Muses.'] A legendary Greek poet of Attica, son of Eumolpus and Selene. To him were attributed various poems connected with the mysteries of Demeter at Eleusis, over which he was said to have presided. Museus. Lived about the 5th century A. D. A Greek grammarian, author of a celebrated poem on Hero and Leander. Of this poem 340 verses have been preserved. It was imitated by Marlowe. Musagetes (mu-saj'e-tēz). [Gr. Μουσαγέτης, leader of the Muses.] An epithet of Apollo. Musäus (mö-sā'ös), Johann Karl August. Born at Jena, Germany, 1735: died at Weimar, Germany, Oct. 28, 1787. A German author. His chief work is "Volksmärchen der Deutschen" ("Folk-Tales of the Germans," 1782-86). Musca (mus'kä). [L., 'the fly.'] A name given to the constellation also called Apis, the Bee. It is situated south of the Southern Cro , and east of the Chameleon, and contains one star of the third and three of the fourth magnitude. The name was also formerly given to a constellation situated north of Aries. Muscat, or Muskat (mus- (mus-kat'). 1. A name sometimes given to Oman (which see). - 2. The capital of Oman, Arabia, situated on the Gulf of Oman in lat. 23° 30′ N., long. 58° 30′ E.: one of the chief commercial centers of Arabia. It was taken by the Portuguese under Albuquerque about 1508, and was recovered from them in the middle of the 17th century. Population, estimated, 40,000 to 50,000. Muscatine (mus-ka-ten'). A city, capital of Muscatine County, Iowa, situated on the Mi i ippi, 26 miles west by south of Davenport. It has meat-packing and lumber trade. Population (1890), 11,454. Muscle Shoals Muscle Shoals (mus'l shōlz). A succe ion of rapids in the Tenne ee River, in northern Alabama, east of Florence. Muscovy (mus'ko-vi). [From ML. Muscovia , Ru ia, from Ru . Moskva : see Moscow .] name often given formerly to Ru ia. Musée des Anti quités Nation a les (mü-zā dā zon-të-ke-tā nä-se-ō-näl'). A museum established in the château of St.-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris. It contains objects of the prehistoric flint chariots, armor, coins, and relics from the earliest civiliza or bone period, collections of sculptures, war tion of France to the Caroling i an period. Musée du Louvre. See Louvre . Musée du Luxembourg. See Luxembourg , Palace of the . Muses (mu'zez). [Gr. Μοῦσαί.] In Greek mythology, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, who according to the earliest writers were godde es of memory, then inspiring godde es of song, and according to later ideas divinities presiding over the different kinds of poetry, and over the sciences and arts, while at the same time having as their especial province springs and limpid streams. Their number appears in the Homeric poems not to be fixed; later it seems to have been put at three, but afterward they were spoken of as nine: Clio, the Muse of heroic exploits, or of history; Euterpe , of Dionysiac music and the double flute; Thalia , of gaiety, pastoral life, and comedy; Melpomene , of song and harmony, and of tragedy; Terpsichore , of choral dance and song; Erato , of erotic poetry and the lyre; Polymnia or Poly hymn i a , of the inspired and stately hymn; Urania , of astronomical and other celestial phenomena, and Calliope , the chief of the Muses, of poetic inspiration, of eloquence, and of heroic or epic poetry. The Muses were intimately a ociated in legend and in art with Apollo, who, as the chief guardian and leader of their company, was called Musagetes. Muses' Looking-Gla , The. A play by T. Randolph, originally acted under the title of "The Entertainment." It was printed in 1638. Of the date of the present play there can be no doubt, for the device of draining the Fens by Dutch windmills, in 1632, is alluded to as contemporary. Fleay . Museum (m-zē'um). [Gr. Μουσεῖον , from Μοῦσα, Muse.] 1. A hill almost directly south of the Acropolis at Athens, the furthest east of the group of hills on the southwestern side of the city: named from the existence on it of an old shrine of the Muses. On its summit stands a conspicuous monument, ornamented with niches, Corin thian columns, statues, and a relief-frieze, to Philopappus, the last king of Comma gene who became an A then i an citizen after his dethronement by Vespas i an. The slopes of the hill, particularly on its southern extension, abound with curious rock-cuttings, for the most part vestiges of prehistoric Athens. These include house foundations, stairs, meeting-places with seats, and the so-called prison of So crates and tomb of Cimon. Between this hill and the Pnyx pa ed the road to the Piræus between the Long Walls. The rock is deeply cut with the ruts of chariot wheels and an artificial water-channel. 2. An institution of learning in ancient Alexandria. See the extract. King Ptolemy I., surnamed Soter, 'the Preserver (306285 B. C.), founded the Museum, or Temple of the Muses, which was somewhat like a modern university. The building included galleries of art, lecture-rooms, and dining halls. Distinguished men of learning were maintained at the Museum; and the beautiful gardens, with their shady walks, their statues and fountains, became famous as the haunt of Alexandrian poets and scholars. Jebb , Greek Lit., p. 139. Musgu (mös'gö). See Masa . Musidora (mu-si-doʻrä). The coy sweetheart of Damon in Thomson's "Seasons." His delicacy on the occasion of seeing her bathing won her affections. She is the subject of a painting by Gains borough, in the National Gallery, London. The maid, lightly draped, sits on the bank of a woodland stream: one foot is already in the water, and she is removing the sandal from the other. Muskeg on (mus-ke'gon). A city, capital of Muskeg on County, Michigan, situated on Muskeg on Lake, near Lake Michigan, in lat. 43° 15′ N., long. 86° 13' W. The leading industry is the lumber manufacture and trade. Population (1890), 22,702. Muskhogean (musk-hōgē-an). An important linguistic stock of North American Indians, named from the chief tribe of the Creek Confederacy. Its divisions occupied nearly the whole State of Mi i ippi, the western half of Tenne ee, a small area in eastern Kentucky, all of Alabama, most of Georgia, and, in later times, nearly all of Florida. The following is a linguistic cla ification of the tribes: (a) The western group (the main people, the Choctaw, branched out into the Chicas a, the Choctaw Gulf tribes ( e . g . Pas cagoul a) in the State of Mi i ippi, and a few in lower Louisiana and Alabama). (b) The Alibamu group (Alibamu villages, Muklasa, Odshiapofa, Koa ati, Oktchoyi: all near the junction of Coosa and Tall a poos a rivers, Alabama). (c) The central or Creek group (Upper Creeks, on the Coosa and Tall a poos a rivers and in the central district between the two; the Creek portion of the Semi noles, Yamasi, and Yamacraw; Lower Creeks, on middle Chattahoochee River and east of it). (d) The Hitch it i group (the tribes speaking Hitch it i dialects on lower Chattahoochee River and east of it, as Hitch it i, Sawokli, Odshisi, Tutalosi, and the Hitch it i portion of the Semi noles and of the Yamasi and Yamacraw). (e) The Apalachi group (formerly near St. Mark's River, Florida). The principal tribes are the Alibamu, Apalachi, Chicas a, Choctaw, Creek or Maskoki proper, Hitch it i, Koasati, Pensacola, Seminole, Yamacraw, Yamasi, and Yazoo. Of these tribes the Choctaw on the west were short and heavy, the Creeks taller and more active. The Chicas a were the most warlike and the best hunters, the Choctaw the most agricultural and, together with the Creeks, the most advanced in culture. All the tribes had fixed villages, the larger fortified by palisades and embankments. Several confederacies were established within the stock, of which the Creek was the most widely known. The present number of the stock is over 30,000. Muski (mös'ke). A people often mentioned in the cuneiform inscriptions, settled somewhere north of Cappadocia. They are identified with the Moschi of the Greek writers, and the Meshech of the Old Testament. In the Bible Meshech is usually combined with Tubal, and similarly in the inscriptions the Muski with