Clio
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In Greek mythology, Clio, also spelled Kleio, Cleio, or Cleo, is the muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre-playing.
Clio on an antique fresco from Pompeii
Print of Clio, made in the 16th–17th century. Preserved at the Ghent University Library.
Statue of Clio by Albert Wolff in Berlin
Clio, Muse of History by Johannes Moreelse
Hyacinth (mythology)
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Hyacinth or Hyacinthus is a deified hero and a lover of Apollo in Greek mythology. His cult at Amyclae southwest of Sparta dates from the Mycenaean era. The hero is mythically linked to local cults an
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…dwell at either Mount Helicon or Mount Parnassos. Other common locations for the Muses are Pieria in Thessaly, near to Mount Olympus. She had one son, Hyacinth, with one of several kings, in various myths—with Pierus or with king Oebalus of Sparta, or with king Amyclas, progenitor of the people of Amyclae…
A winged deity and a youth, likely Zephyrus and Hyacinthus, on an Attic white-ground bobbin, Metropolitan Museum of Art (c. 460–450 BC).
Hyacinthus and the West Wind engaging in intercrural sex on a red-figure vase (5th century BCE)
Apollo and Hyacinth (1603-1604) by Domenichino
Apollo, Hyacinth and Cyparissus singing and playing by Alexander Ivanov, 1831–1834