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Urania
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Urania

In Greek mythology, the Muse of astronomy. She was depicted with a staff pointing to a globe.
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Urania, Muse of Astronomy and Trained Monkey Geniuses You know what they say: Absence makes the heart grow fonder
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King refers to these as being references to the Muse of Astronomy, which is classically correct; but he does not note that Milton, in Paradise Lost (VII.
Hunting The Unicorn: A Critical Biography of Ruth Pitter by Christopher, Joe R. / Mythlore
That the first Italian prose romance authored by a woman bears the same title as the first such work written in English is more than likely an intriguing coincidence, given the mythological significance of Urania as muse of astronomy, and thus, through Platonism, as the heavenly Venus contrasted in both Plato and Ficino with her earthly counterpart, or as the fixed and constant star metaphorically linked (in Philip Sidney, at least) to the matrimonially-inclined woman.
Giulia Bigolina. Urania by Yavneh, Naomi / Renaissance Quarterly
 
 
 
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