I found out recently that the term mosaic means "work of the Muses."
We are all familiar with mosaic art, but the term is used in genetics. If a person has two cell types, say normal cells
and cells containing an extra 21 chromosome, then he is considered mosaic Down Syndrome.
This is also true for hermaphrodites: XX/XY cells.
However, if a hermaphrodite results from two fertilized eggs joining together, then this is chimerism rather than mosaicism.
Notice that the muses are not the only figures that have lent themselves to modern terminology; the hermaphrodite and the chimera are also
Greek mythological beings. The Chimera is a composite creature made from a lion, goat and serpent. It was killed by Bellerophon on Pegasus.
So who says mythology is not important???