Clio

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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
Personal information
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]

In

muse of history,[4] or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre-playing.[5]

Etymology

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

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

Like all the muses, Clio is a daughter of

Mount Parnassos.[4] Other common locations for the Muses are Pieria in Thessaly, near to Mount Olympus.[5]

She had one son,

Pierus or with king Oebalus of Sparta, 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 Linus by Magnes, 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 Urania or Calliope.[17]

Legacy

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

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 Bay in Antarctica is named after the muse.

Gallery

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Clio". lib.ugent.be. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  2. ^ Avery, Catherine B., ed. (1962). New Century Classical Handbook. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. p. 304.
  3. ISBN 0-19-281490-7
    .
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0
    .
  5. ^
    ISBN 0-679-30028-7
    .
  6. ISBN 90-04-11782-2
    .
  7. Perseus Project
  8. Perseus Project
  9. 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.
  10. ^ "Car of History Clock | Architect of the Capitol". aoc.gov. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
  11. ^ "Clio, Greek Muse". Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  12. ^ Ripa, Cesare (1611). Iconologia (in Italian).
  13. ^ Apollodorus, 3.10.3
  14. ^ Pausanias, 3.1.3 & 3.19.4
  15. Brill's New Pauly, s.v. Cleio; Scholia on Euripides' Rhesus
    , 346.
  16. ^ Apollodorus, 1.3.3
  17. ^ Graves, Robert (1960). The Greek Myths. Vol. 2 (1960 revised ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 212–213.
  18. ISBN 978-0-87972-821-2

References

Further reading

  • Bartelink, Dr. G. J. M. (1988). Prisma van de mythologie. Utrecht: Het Spectrum.
  • van Aken, Dr. A. R. A. (1961). Elseviers Mythologische Encyclopedie. Amsterdam: Elsevier.

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