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Clio or Cleo, is one of the Nine Muses of Olympus. She is the Muse of History. She is usually protrayed with a scroll or with books.  She is sometimes considered the mother of Hymenaios or of Hyacinthos, the son of Pieres.

Modern Depictions[]

Clio, sometimes referred to as "the Proclaimer", is often depicted with an open scroll, book, or set of tablets.

Legend[]

Like all muses, Clio is the daughter of Zeus and the Titaness Mnemosyne, goddess of memory. Along with her sisters Muses, she is considered a resident of Mount Helicon or Mount Parnassos. Other common locations for the Muses are Pieria in Thessaly, near Mount Olympus.

She had a son, Hyacinthus, by one of several kings, varying depending on which version of the story you read - with Pierus or King Oebalus of Sparta, or King Amyclas, progenitor of the people of Amyclae , inhabitants of Sparta. Some sources say that she is also the mother of Hymenaeus.

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