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Aedes Herculis Musarum

Aedes Herculis Musarum

aedes : a building for habitation : a dwelling of the gods, a sanctuary, a temple, a simple edifice, without division into smaller apartments, while templum is a large and splendid structure, consecrated by the augurs, and belonging to one or more dieties; but after the Augustan period aedes was used for temple
Hercules : son of Jupiter and Alcmena, husband of Dejanira, and, after his deification, of Hebe, the god of strength and the gaurdian of riches, to whone, therefore, tithes were offered; he was also the guide of the Muses; the poplar was sacred to him
Musa (Musarum) : a muse, one of the goddesses of poetry, music, and the other liberal arts. The ancients reckoned nine of them: Clio, the muse of history; Melpomene, of tragedy; Thalia, of comedy; Eutrepe, of the flute; Terpsichore, of dancing; Calliope, of epic poetry; Erato, of lyric poetry; Urania, of astronomy; Polyhymnia, of mimic art

The temple of Hercules and the Muses. This temple was close to the southwest part of the circus Flaminius, and is shown in the Capitoline Plan. It was built by M. Fluvius Nobilior after his campaign in Aetolia, about 187 B.C. In it was a statue of Hercules playing on the lyre, and terra cotta statues of the Muses, the work of Zeuxis. In 29 B.C. L. Marcius Philippus restored the temple and built a colonnade, the porticus Phillippi round it. This composite structure is mentioned as late as the fourth century, and some remains have been found in the piazza Mattei. (Platner)

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