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In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
, Clio (pronounced /'kla?o?/ in English) or Kleio is the muse

Muse

File:Muse reading Louvre CA2220.jpgThe Muses in Greek mythology, poetry, and literature are the goddesses or spirits who inspire the creation of literature and the arts....
of history. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of Zeus

Zeus

Zeus in Greek mythology is the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky father and List of thunder gods. His symbols are the thunderbolt, eagle, bull , and oak....
and Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. This titan was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the Muses by Zeus....
. She had one son, Hyacinth

Hyacinth (mythology)

Hyacinth is a divine hero from Ancient Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae, where his tomb was located, at the feet of Apollo's statue, dates from the Mycenean era....
, with the King of Macedonia

Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and Historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe whose area was re-defined in the early 20th century....
, Pierus

Pierus

Pierus , in Greek mythology, is a name attributed to two individuals.*Pierus, the eponym of Pieria, son of Makednos and father of Pierides by Antiope or Euippe, nine maidens who wanted to outshine the Muses....
. Some sources say she was also the mother of Hymenaios

Hymenaios

In Greek mythology, Hymenaios was a god of marriage ceremonies, inspiring feasts and song. A hymenaios is also a genre of Greek lyric poetry sung during the procession of the bride to the groom's house in which the god is addressed, in contrast to the Epithalamium, which was sung at the nuptial threshold....
. She is often represented with a parchment scroll or a set of tablets and is also known as the Proclaimer.

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In Greek mythology

Greek mythology

Muse

Zeus

Mnemosyne

Mnemosyne was the personification of memory in Greek mythology. This titan was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus and the mother of the Muses by Zeus....
. She had one son, Hyacinth

Hyacinth (mythology)

Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and Historical regions of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe whose area was re-defined in the early 20th century....
, Pierus

Pierus

Hymenaios

Clio

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