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In Greek mythology
Greek mythology
Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...

, Hypate (Ὑπάτη) was one of the three Muses of the lyre
Lyre
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument known for its use in Greek classical antiquity and later. The word comes from the Greek "λύρα" and the earliest reference to the word is the Mycenaean Greek ru-ra-ta-e, meaning "lyrists", written in Linear B syllabic script...

 who were worshipped at Delphi
Delphi
Delphi is both an archaeological site and a modern town in Greece on the south-western spur of Mount Parnassus in the valley of Phocis.In Greek mythology, Delphi was the site of the Delphic oracle, the most important oracle in the classical Greek world, and a major site for the worship of the god...

, where the Temple of Apollo
Temple of Apollo
Temple of Apollo can refer to:*Greece**Temple of Apollo, Corinth**Temple of Apollo **Temple of Apollo at Bassae**Temple of Apollo Patroos*Cyprus**Temple of Apollo Hylates, Limassol*Italy**Temple of Apollo Palatinus, in Rome...

 and the Oracle
Oracle
In Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....

 were located. Her name was also the highest of the seven notes of the lyre. Her sisters who were worshipped along with her were Nete
Nete (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Nete was one of the three Muses of the lyre that were worshipped at Delphi, where the Temple of Apollo and the Oracle were located. Her name was also the lowest of the seven notes of the lyre. Her sisters that were worshipped along with her were Hypate and Mese. These three...

 and Mese
Mese (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Mese was one of the three Muses of the lyre that were worshipped at Delphi, where the Temple of Apollo and the Oracle were located. Her name was also the middle of the seven notes of the lyre. Her sisters that were worshipped along with her were Nete and Hypate. These three...

. These three muses were comparable to the original three, Aoide
Aoide
In Greek mythology, Aoide was one of the three original Muses, though there were later nine. Her sisters were Melete and Mneme. She was the muse of song. According to Greek mythology, she is the daughter of Zeus, the King of the Gods, and Mnemosyne, the goddess of memory...

, Melete
Melete
In Greek mythology, Melete was one of the three original Muses, though there were later nine. Her sisters were Aoide and Mneme. She was the muse of thought and meditation...

, and Mneme
Mneme
In Greek mythology, Mneme was one of the three original Boeotian muses, though there were later nine. Her sisters were Aoide and Melete. She was the muse of memory....

. Alternatively, they were Cephisso
Cephisso
In Greek mythology, Cephisso was one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Apollonis and Borysthenis....

, Apollonis
Apollonis
In Greek mythology, Apollonis was one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Cephisso and Borysthenis....

, and Borysthenis
Borysthenis
In Greek mythology, Borysthenis was one of the three Muses that were daughters of Apollo. Her sisters were Apollonis and Cephisso....

, which portrayed them as the daughters of Apollo
Apollo
Apollo is one of the most important and complex of the Olympian deities in Greek and Roman mythology...

.

Place name

Hypate (now Ypati
Ypati
Ypati is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lamia, of which it is a municipal unit. Its 2002 population was 6,855 for the municipality...

) owes no origin of this Muse to the ancient city and a modern village in Fthiotida west of Lamia
Lamia (city)
Lamia is a city in central Greece. The city has a continuous history since antiquity, and is today the capital of the regional unit of Phthiotis and of the Central Greece region .-Name:...

, it has a different etymology meaning the height of Oeta (Oiti).
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