  urania (; ; meaning 'heavenly' or 'of heaven') was, in greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and a daughter of zeus by mnemosyne and also a great granddaughter of uranus.hesiod, theogony 78ovid, fasti v. 55. some accounts list her as the mother of the musician linussuidas s.v. linospausanias, description of greece 9. 29. 5 by apollo,hyginus, fabulae 161 and hymenaeus also is said to have been a son of urania.catillus lxi. 2. she is often associated with universal love and the holy spirit. eldest of the divine sisters, urania inherited zeus' majesty and power and the beauty and grace of her mother mnemosyne. == urania as muse == those who are most concerned with philosophy and the heavens are dearest to her. those who have been instructed by her she raises aloft to heaven, for it is a fact that imagination and the power of thought lift men's souls to heavenly heights.diodorus, bibliotheca historica 4. 7. 1 :urania, o'er her star-bespangled lyre, :with touch of majesty diffused her soul; :a thousand tones, that in the breast inspire, :exalted feelings, o er the wires'gan rollâ :how at the call of jove the mist unfurled, :and o'er the swelling vaultâthe glowing sky, :the new-born stars hung out their lamps on high, :and rolled their mighty orbs to music's sweetest sound. ::âfrom an ode to music by james g. percival during the renaissance, urania began to be considered the muse for christian poets. in the invocation to book 7 of john milton's epic poem paradise lost, the poet invokes urania to aid his narration of the creation of the cosmos, though he cautions that it is "[t]he meaning, not the name i call" (7.5) ==representation== urania dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the heavens. she is usually represented with a celestial globe to which she points with a little staff.hirt, mythol. bilderb. p. 210. she is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars.statius, thebaid 8. 548 ff ==urania in astronomy and navigation== her name has been used to name astronomical observatories such as the urania in berlin, budapest, bucharest, vienna, zurich, antwerp and uraniborg on the island of hven. the main belt asteroid 30 urania was also named after her. in university of sÃ£o paulo, the logo of the institute of astronomy, g
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