Hymen (god)
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In Greek mythology, Hymen, Hymenaios or Hymenaeus, is a god of marriage ceremonies who inspires feasts and song. Related to the god's name, a hymenaios is a genre of Greek lyric poetry that was sung d
Hymen depicted on a Roman mosaic, Ostia Antica
Nicolas Poussin, Hymenaios Disguised as a Woman During an Offering to Priapus, 1634, São Paulo Museum of Art
Cupid standing (left), and Hymen sitting (right). Hymen's burning torch on a Napoleonic wedding medal of 1807. It commemorates the marriage of Napoleon's youngest brother Jérôme Bonaparte to Princess Catharina of Württemberg at Fontainebleau.
Cupid Rekindling the Torch of Hymen, a sculpture by George Rennie
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.
Hymen (god)
…A bridegroom's coming – Hymenaeum! Like the War-god himself, the tallest of the tall! Hymen is most commonly the son of Apollo and one of the Muses, Clio or Calliope or Urania or Terpsichore. In Seneca's play Medea, he is stated to be the son of Dionysus. Servius calls him the son of Dionysus by Aphrodite…
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