Urania (mythology)

Muse of astronomy and astrology in Greek mythology

Urania, a legendary character from Greek mythology, daughter of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and a muse of astrology, and astronomy, and geometry.

Urania in a painting by Francesco Cozza

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  • Come down from heaven, Urania, if that's really what | the name by which you are called, so | That following your divine voice | May I rise above Mount Olympus | even surpassing the wing of Pegasus in flight. (John Milton)
  • Urania to his beloved | Pindar sang them. Why so much | The Goddess deigned the high poet and how, | I'll say first; then the celestial accents | I will remember, if she inspires me as a friend. (Alessandro Manzoni)

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