| Clio | |
|---|---|
Goddess of history and lyre playing | |
| Member of The Muses | |
 Clio on an antique fresco from Pompeii | |
| Abode | Mount Olympus |
| Symbols | Scrolls, books |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | Zeus and Mnemosyne |
| Siblings | Euterpe, Polyhymnia, Urania, Calliope, Erato, Thalia, Terpsichore, Melpomene and several paternal half-siblings |
| Consort | Pierus |
| Children | Hymenaeus, Hyacinthus |
In Greek mythology, Clio (traditionally /ˈklaɪoʊ/,[2] but now more frequently /ˈkliːoʊ/; Greek: Κλειώ), also spelled Kleio, Сleio, or Cleo,[3] is the muse of history,[4] or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre-playing.[5]
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- ^ 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.
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