Clio (history) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #19)
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This engraving is part of the Tarocchi group marked with the letter “D”, and named Apollo and the Muses . In Greek mythology, the nine Muses (Calliope, Urania, Terpsichore, Erato, Polyhymnia, Thalia, Melpomene, Euterpe, and Clio) were the daughters of Zeus, king of the gods, and Mnemosyne, the Titaness of memory. The Muses were goddesses presiding over different branches of the arts and sciences. Their leader and supervisor was Apollo, the god of light, music, prophecy, and poetry. Here, Clio is personified as a full-length female figure, turned to left, and standing on a swan in an imaginary sea landscape. Clio was regarded as the Muse of history.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionSimilar works
Clio, plate nineteen from Apollo and the Muses
Clio
Geometry (from the Tarocchi, series C: Liberal Arts, #24)
Charity (from the Tarocchi, series B: Cosmic Principles & Virtues, #38)
Polyhymnia (heroic hymns) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #15)
Erato (lyric and love poetry) (from the Tarocchi series D: Apollo and the Muses, #14)