Urania was one of the nine Muses, the goddesses of music, song and dance.
Residence: Mount Olympus Symbols: Celestial globe and rod Parents:Zeus and Mnemosyne Siblings:The Muses
Mosaic Detail of Urania. Mosaic of the Muses, Vichten Roman Villa, 2nd-3rd c. AD. Luxembourg City History Museum.
In the Classical era, when the Muses were assigned specific artistic and literary spheres, Urania was named Muse of astronomy and astronomical writings. In this guise she was depicted pointing at a celestial globe with a rod.
Urania, a restored Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th c. BC, Hadrian’s Villa.
Roman Mosaic of the Muses. Vichten Roman Villa, 2nd-3rd c. AD. Luxembourg City History Museum.
Hellenistic marble relief of Homer as a god with the Muses seen at the bottom, c. 225-205 BC, from Bovillae. British Museum.
