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Clio

[klee-oh; for 1 also klahy-oh]

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noun, plural Cli·os for 2.

Classical Mythology. the Muse of history.

any of a group of awards presented annually by the advertising industry for achievement in television commercials.

a female given name.

Origin:
< Latin < Greek Kleiṓ, equivalent to klei- (stem of kleîn to make famous, celebrate) + -ō suffix used for women's names

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Clio (ˈklaɪəʊ)

—n
	Greek myth the Muse of history

[C19: from Latin, from Greek Kleiō, from kleein to celebrate]

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Clio

muse of history, from L. Clio, from Gk. Kleio "the proclaimer," from kleiein "to tell of, celebrate, make famous," from kleos "fame, glory," from PIE *klew-yo, from base *kleu- "to hear" (see listen). Related to the -kles in Damocles, etc.

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"History cannot, like physical science, deduce causal laws of general application. All attempts have failed to discover laws of "cause and effect" which are certain to repeat themselves in the institutions and affairs of men. The law of gravitation may be scientifically proved because it is universal and simple. But the historical law that starvation brings on revolt is not proved; indeed the opposite statement, that starvation leads to abject submission, is equally true in the light of past events. You cannot so completely isolate any historical event from its circumstances as to be able to deduce from it a law of general application. Only politicians adorning their speeches with historical arguments have this power; and even they never agree. An historical event cannot be isolated from its circumstances, any more than the onion from its skins, because an event is itself nothing but a set of circumstances, none of which will ever recur."

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