Clio

Muse of history (in the differentiated classical attribution); one of the nine Mousai daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne. Mother of Hyacinthus by the mortal Pierus per Apollodorus 1.3.3 — the union framed as Aphrodite's punishment for Clio's mockery of the Adonis-affair.

Parentage

• father: ZeusHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)
• mother: MnemosyneHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)

Children

• Hyacinthus

Domains

• kleos glory fame history
• epic poetry

Powers

• Inspire the record of glory and history
• Proclaim and immortalize renown in song

Relations

• lover: PierusApollodorus reports the union as a punishment from Aphrodite — Clio had mocked Aphrodite's love for Adonis, so Aphrodite caused Clio to fall in love with the mortal Pierus.Apollod. 1.3.3 (primary)
• mother of: HyacinthusApollod. 1.3.3 (primary)
• father: ZeusHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)
• mother: MnemosyneHesiod, Theogony 53–79 (primary)
• counterpart of: ClioTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns 75 (Taylor; modern 76) (primary)

Sources

• existence: Hesiod Theogony 76-79; Apollodorus 1.3.1, 1.3.3; Diodorus 4.7; Horace Odes 1.12, 3.30; Ovid Fasti 5.55-56 (primary)