Clio the "Proclaimer" is the muse of history and is often seen sitting with a scroll.         She has been credited with introducing the Phoenician alphabet into Greece.
        Clio had teased Aphrodite's love of Adonis, and in consequence of her wrath,
        Clio fell in love with Pierius, the son of Magnes and the king of Macedonia.
        By Pierus, she bore Hyacinth, who was loved and accidently killed by Apollo.
 
detail from "The Allegory of Painting"
 the Muse Clio by Vermeer
                                                 Majestic Clio touched her silver wire,
                                            And through time's lengthened vista moved a
                                            train,
                                            In dignity sublime;--the patriot's fire
                                            Kindled its torch in heaven's resplendent ray,
                                            And 'mid contention rose to Heaven again.

                                             from An Ode To Music by James G. Percival