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Urania (/ j ʊəˈr eɪ n i ə / yoor-AY-nee-ə; Ancient Greek: Οὐρανία, romanized: Ouranía; modern Greek shortened name Ράνια Ránia; meaning "heavenly" or "of heaven") was, in Greek mythology, the muse of astronomy and astrology. Urania is the goddess of astronomy and stars, her attributes being the globe and compass.
In Greek mythology, Urania (/ j ʊəˈr eɪ n i ə / yoor-AY-nee-ə; Ancient Greek: Οὐρανία or Οὐρανίη Ouranía means 'heavenly') may refer to the following divinities: Urania, the Oceanid with a 'divine in form'. She was one of the 3,000 water-nymph daughters of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-spouse Tethys.
Venus Urania (Christian Griepenkerl, 1878) Statue of the so-called 'Aphrodite on a tortoise', 430–420 BCE, Athens [a]Aphrodite Urania (Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη Οὐρανία, romanized: Aphrodítē Ouranía, Latinized as Venus Urania) was an epithet of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, signifying a "heavenly" or "spiritual" aspect descended from the sky-god Ouranos to distinguish her ...
The sanctuary is known from the account of the 2nd century AD travel writer, Pausanias, who mentions it as his narrative moves from the Temple of Hephaestus on the Kolonos Agoraios (the hill west of the Agora) towards the Athenian Agora.
Urania is a muse in Greek mythology. Urania may also refer to: ... Ourania (disambiguation) Uranus (disambiguation) The Urantia Book, a spiritual and religious book
Aphrodite Ourania, draped rather than nude, and with her foot resting on a tortoise (Musée du Louvre). One of Aesop's fables is The Tortoise and the Hare. The tortoise was the symbol of the ancient Greek city of Aegina, on the island by the same name: the seal and coins of the city shows images of tortoises.
Ourania, illustrious, laughter-loving queen, sea-born, night-loving, of an awful mien; Crafty, from whom Ananke first came, producing, nightly, all-connecting dame: 'Tis thine the world with harmony to join, for all things spring from thee, O pow'r divine. The triple Moirai are rul'd by thy decree, and all productions yield alike to thee
In Roman mythology, Uranus's counterpart was Caelus (Sky). Cicero says Caelus was the offspring of Aether and Dies (Day), [30] and that Caelus and Dies were the parents of Mercury . [31] Hyginus says that, in addition to Caelus, Aether and Dies were also the parents of Terra (Earth), and Mare (Sea). [32]