![]() ![]() Strike, O daughter of the lord of cloud-capped heaven,chords to his honour mine to wed them with the youthful voices and with the lyre. "Of song grant, of my skill, full measure. Kleio (Clio), and Erato who charms the sight, with thee, Euterpe, ministering delight : Thalia flourishing, Polymnia famed, Melpomene from skill in music named : Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania) heavenly bright."ĬLIO GODDESS OF POETRY Virgil and the Muses Clio and Melpomene, Greco-Roman mosaic A.D., Bardo National Museum As a result of their union she bore him a son Hyakinthos (Hyacinthus)." "Aphrodite, furious with Kleio (Clio) (who had chided her for loving Adonis), caused her to fall in love with Magnes' son Pieros (Pierus). "Mnemosyne the Mousai (Muses), the eldest of whom was Kalliope (Calliope), followed by Kleio (Clio), Melpomene, Euterpe, Erato, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), Ourania (Urania), Thaleia (Thalia), and Polymnia." Aldrich) (Greek mythographer C2nd A.D.) : "Moreover Kleio (Clio) the Mousa (Muse) fell in love with a man, according to Likymnios (Licymnius), and some think Hymenaios (Hymenaeus) was her son." ![]() Licymnius, Fragment 768A (from Philodemus, On Piety) (trans. "The Mousai (Muses) sang who dwell on Olympos, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Kleio (Clio) and Euterpe, Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene and Terpsikhore (Terpsichore), and Erato and Polymnia (Polyhymnia) and Ourania (Urania) and Kalliope (Calliope)." Evelyn-White) (Greek epic C8th or C7th B.C.) : HYAKINTHOS (by Pieros) (Apollodorus 1.16)ĬLASSICAL LITERATURE QUOTES PARENTAGE & CHILDREN OF CLIO ZEUS & MNEMOSYNE (Hesiod Theogony 75, Apollodorus 1.13, Diodorus Siculus 4.7.1, Orphic Hymn 76) OFFSPRING Her name was derived from the Greek verb kleô, "to make famous" or "celebrate." In this guise she was represented holding an open scroll or seated beside a chest of books. In the Classical era, when the Mousai were assigned specific literary and artistic spheres, Kleio was named Muse of history. KLEIO (Clio) was one of the nine Mousai (Muses), the goddesses of music, song and dance. Make Famous ( kleô) Muse Clio, Greco-Roman marble statue C2nd A.D., State Hermitage Museum ![]()
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