In
Greek mythology,
Clio ( or, more rarely, ; from ; "made famous" or "to make famous"), also spelled
Kleio, is the
muse of history, or in a few mythological accounts, the muse of lyre playing. Like all the muses, she is a daughter of
Zeus and the
Titaness Mnemosyne. Along with her sisters, she was considered to dwell either
Mount Helicon or
Mount Parnassos. Other common locations for the Muses were
Pieria in
Thessaly, near to
Mount Olympus. She had one son,
Hyacinth, with one of several kings, in various myths—with
Pierus, King of
Macedon, or with king
Oebalus of
Sparta, or with king
Amyclas, progenitor of the people of Amyclae, dwellers about Sparta. Some sources say she was also the mother of
Hymenaios. Other accounts credit her as the mother of
Linus, a poet that was buried at
Argos, but Linus has a number of differing parents depending upon the account, including several accounts where he is the son of Clio's sisters
Urania or
Calliope.
