Clio (Hendrik Goltzius) Clio (Hendrik Goltzius) Hendrik Goltzius' engraving of Clio is the fourth in his series on the nine Muses, and was executed in 1592. The engraving depicts the Greek muse of history seated, holding a pen in her right hand and a tablet and inkwell in her left, with two books at her feet. She is drawn, wrote historian Natalie Zemon Davis, "with a faint smile, perhaps ironic, certainly detached. From this picture, it is only a short step to some Renaissance representations of History as a winged woman writing, her white garb signifying that she bears witness to truth as
An Ancient Muse and the Far East. Most of the tracks, with the exception of three revealed at the mid-September concerts in the Alhambra of Granada in Spain, were completely unknown until the release. "An Ancient Muse" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard" 200 at number 83, with about 19,000 copies sold in its first week. This was also its peak position on the chart. All music and lyrics written by Loreena McKennitt except as noted. An Ancient Muse An Ancient Muse is the seventh full-length studio album of the Canadian singer, songwriter, accordionist, harpist, and pianist, Loreena McKennitt. It was released on November