Klio (muse)

Klio (engraving by Virgil Solis from P. Ovidii Metamorphosis from 1562).

Klio , Kleio or Clio ( ancient Greek Κλειώ Kleiō , the glorifier, from small κλεῖν , “to boast”, “to praise”) is one of the nine muses in Greek mythology . She is the muse of heroic poetry and history . In some mythological writings, however, she is also referred to as the muse of the lyre game .

Like all muses, Klio is a daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne . Klio had a son, Hyacinth , with Pierus , king of Macedonia (in other sources also Oibalus of Sparta or Amyklas ) . Some sources also make Klio the mother of Hymenaios . Others tell of her as the mother of Linus of Argos .

The attributes of Klio are the papyrus scroll and a stylus . Klio is the patron saint of historians .

Remarks

1. ^ Paul Harvey: Clio. In: The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1984, ISBN 0-19-281490-7 , p. 110.
2. ↑ David Leeming Muses. In: The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0 , p. 274.
3. ^ Mark PO Morford, Robert J. Leonardon: Classical Mythology. David McKay Company, New York 1971, ISBN 0-679-30028-7 , pp. 56-57.
4. ↑ Pseudo-Apollodorus 3/10/3; Pausanias 3 March, 19 April
5. ^ Robert Graves: The Greek Myths 2. Penguin, London 1960, pp. 212-213.

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