Clio (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Clio (/ˈkliːoʊ/, more rarely /ˈklaɪoʊ/; Greek: Κλειώ, Kleiṓ; "made famous" or "to make famous"), also spelled Kleio,[1] may refer to the following women:

Clio, one of the 3,000 Oceanids, daughters of the Titans of the sea, Oceanus and Tethys.[2]
Clio, one of the 50 Nereids, the sea-nymph daughters of Nereus and Doris.[3]
Clio, one of the Muses, daughters of Zeus and the Titan Mnemosyne.[4]

Notes

Harvey, Paul (1984). "Clio/Kleio". The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Revised 1984 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-19-281490-7.
Virgil. Georgics, 4.341
Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface
Pseudo-Apollodorus 3. 10.3; Pausanias 3. 1.3, 19.4

References

Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.

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[Comp-1] Harvey, Paul (1984). "Clio/Kleio". The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (Revised 1984 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-19-281490-7.

[2] Virgil. Georgics, 4.341

[3] Hyginus. Fabulae, Preface

[4] Pseudo-Apollodorus 3. 10.3; Pausanias 3. 1.3, 19.4