![]() Kleio (Clio) is so named because the praise which poets sing in their encomia bestows great glory ( kleos) upon those who are praised." For the name of each Mousa, they say, men have found a reason appropriate to her. To each of the Mousai (Muses) men assign her special aptitude for one of the branches of the liberal arts, such as poetry, song, pantomimic dancing, the round dance with music, the study of the stars, and the other liberal arts. "Hesiod even gives their names when he writes : ‘Kleio (Clio), Euterpe, and Thaleia (Thalia), Melpomene, Terpsikhore (Terpsichore) and Erato, and Polymnia, Ourania (Urania), Kalliope (Calliope) too, of them all the most comely.’ "And Kleio (Clio) went on to speak yet again, resting her arm upon her sister's shoulder."ĭiodorus Siculus, Library of History 4. "Trusting in it and in the Mousai (Muses) of the crimson headdress I for my part display this gift of songs If it was indeed flowering Kleio (Clio) who made it drip into my heart, there will be delight in the words of the songs that proclaim him to the people."Ĭallimachus, Aetia Fragment 43 (trans. "Like a skilled helmsman, Kleio (Clio), queen of song, steer my thoughts straight now, if ever before." "Sing, Kleio (Clio), giver of sweetness." ![]() Greek Lyric IV) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : Overseer of the holy lustration-water, golden Kleio (Clio), who give the water-drawers from the ambosial cave the fragrant lovely water sought with many prayers.’"īacchylides, Fragment 3 (trans. "For there was a shrine of the Mousai (Muses) here where the spring wells up, and that is why they used this water for libation and lustrations, as Simonides says : ‘where the holy water of the lovely-haired Moisai (Muses) is drawn from below for lustration. Greek Lyric III) (Greek lyric C6th to 5th B.C.) : Simonides, Fragment 577 (from Plutarch) (trans. In your honour then, if high-throned Kleio (Clio) wills, for your proud spirit of conquest." 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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