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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

in Greek mythology, is the muse of history, the daughter of Jupiter and Mnemosyne, and, by Pierus, the mother of Hyacinthus. She is represented as sitting on an ancient chair, her head crowned with laurels, richly dressed. At her feet there stands an open box with rolls of hooks, and one in her left hand bears the inscription ΚΑΕΙΩ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑΝ .