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Clio

Goddess of history and lyre playing

Member of The Muses
Clio on an antique fresco from Pompeii
AbodeMount Olympus
SymbolsScrolls, books
Genealogy
ParentsZeus and Mnemosyne
SiblingsEuterpe, Polyhymnia, Urania, Calliope, Erato, Thalia, Terpsichore, Melpomene and several paternal half-siblings
ConsortPierus
ChildrenHymenaeus, Hyacinthus
Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved at the Ghent University Library.[1]

InGreek mythology, Clio (traditionally /ˈkl/,[2] but now more frequently /ˈkl/; Greek: Κλειώ), also spelled Kleio,Сleio , Cleo , [3] is the muse of history,[4] or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre-playing.[5]

Etymology[edit]

Clio's name is etymologically derived from the Greek root κλέω/κλείω (meaning "to recount", "to make famous" or "to celebrate").[6][7][8] The name's traditional Latinisation is Clio,[9] but some modern systems such as the American Library Association-Library of Congress system use K to represent the original Greek kappa, and ei to represent the diphthong ει (epsilon iota), thus Kleio.

Depiction[edit]

Clio, sometimes referred to as "the Proclaimer", is often represented with an open parchment scroll, a book, or a set of tablets.[10] She is also shown with the heroic trumpet and the clepsydra (water clock).[11] Cesare Ripa's Iconologia, an important source book for artists of the Baroque period, stated that Clio should be depicted with a crown of laurels, a trumpet and an open book.[12]

Mythology[edit]

Like all the muses, Clio is a daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. Along with her sister Muses, she is considered to dwell at either Mount HeliconorMount Parnassos.[4] Other common locations for the Muses are PieriainThessaly, near to Mount Olympus.[5]

She had one son, Hyacinth, with one of several kings, in various myths—with Pierus or with king OebalusofSparta, or with king Amyclas,[13][14] progenitor of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta. In a scholium to Euripides' Rhesus, she is also the mother of Hymenaeus and Rhesus.[15] According to Apollodorus, Clio was made to fall in love with Pierus by Aphrodite, for Clio had derided her for her love affair with Adonis.[16] Other accounts credit her as the mother of LinusbyMagnes, a poet who was buried at Argos, although Linus has a number of differing parents depending upon the account, including several accounts in which he is the son of Clio's sisters UraniaorCalliope.[17]

Legacy[edit]

In her capacity as "the proclaimer, glorifier and celebrator of history, great deeds and accomplishments,"[18] Clio is used in the name of various modern brands, including the Clio Awards for excellence in advertising.

The Cambridge University History Society is informally referred to as Clio; the Cleo of Alpha Chi society at Trinity College, Connecticut, is named after the muse. Likewise, the undergraduate student outreach group for the Penn Museum at the University of Pennsylvania is known as the Clio Society, and the first sorority founded at SUNY Geneseo, Phi Kappa Pi, began as the Alpha Clionian literary society. "Clio" also represents history in some coined words in academic usage: cliometrics, cliodynamics.

Clio BayinAntarctica is named after the muse.

Gallery[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Clio". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  • ^ Avery, Catherine B., ed. (1962). New Century Classical Handbook. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 304.
  • ^ Harvey, Paul (1984). "Clio/Kleio". The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Revised 1984 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-19-281490-7.
  • ^ a b Leeming, David (2005). "Muses". The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford University Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0.
  • ^ a b Morford, Mark P. O.; Lenardon, Robert J. (1971). Classical Mythology. New York: David McKay Company. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0-679-30028-7.
  • ^ D. S. Levene, Damien P. Nelis (2002). Clio and the Poets: Augustan Poetry and the Traditions of Ancient Historiography. Brill Academic Publishers. ISBN 90-04-11782-2.
  • ^ Κλειώ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  • ^ κλειώ. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project
  • ^ Lewis and Short, A Latin Dictionary: Founded on Andrews' Edition of Freund's Latin Dictionary: Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten by Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL.D. The Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1879, s.v.
  • ^ "Car of History Clock | Architect of the Capitol". aoc.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  • ^ "Clio, Greek Muse". Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  • ^ Ripa, Cesare (1611). Iconologia (in Italian).
  • ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3
  • ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3 & 3.19.4
  • ^ Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Cleio; Scholia on Euripides' Rhesus, 346.
  • ^ Apollodorus, 1.3.3
  • ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Vol. 2 (1960 revised ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 212–213.
  • ^ Carder, Sheri: "Clio Awards" The Guide to United States popular culture, pages 180–181, ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2
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