Editing Urania (section)

== Function and representation ==
[[File:Allegorical Portrait of Urania, Muse of Astronomy by Louis Tocqué.jpg|left|thumb|Urania depicted with a celestial globe with stars above her head. ''Allegorical Portrait of Urania, Muse of Astronomy'' by [[Louis Tocqué]]'''.''']]

Urania is often associated with Universal Love. Sometimes identified as the eldest of the divine sisters, Urania inherited Zeus' majesty and power and the beauty and grace of her mother [[Mnemosyne]].

Urania dresses in a cloak embroidered with stars and keeps her eyes and attention focused on the [[Heaven]]s. She is usually represented with a [[celestial globe]] to which she points with a little staff,<ref>Hirt, ''Mythol. Bilderb.'' p. 210.</ref> and depicted in [[modern art]] with stars above her head. She is able to foretell the future by the arrangement of the stars.<ref>[[Statius]], ''[[Thebaid (Latin poem)|Thebaid]]'' 8.548 ff.</ref>