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

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

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.