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Urania [jʊˈreɪnɪə] n Greek myth
1. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) the Muse of astronomy 2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) another name of Aphrodite [from Latin, from Greek Ourania, from ouranios heavenly, from ouranos heaven] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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75-103) These things, then, the Muses sang who dwell on Olympus, nine daughters begotten by great Zeus, Cleio and Euterpe, Thaleia, Melpomene and Terpsichore, and Erato and Polyhymnia and Urania and Calliope (3), who is the chiefest of them all, for she attends on worshipful princes: whomsoever of heaven-nourished princes the daughters of great Zeus honour, and behold him at his birth, they pour sweet dew upon his tongue, and from his lips flow gracious words. Hippocrates is a dream; Urania is a dream; Hermes, a thought. Descend from Heav'n URANIA, by that name If rightly thou art call'd, whose Voice divine Following, above th' OLYMPIAN Hill I soare, Above the flight of PEGASEAN wing. |
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