In Greek mythology, the name Clytie ( Ancient Greek: Κλυτίη, Ionic) or Clytia (,

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and other dialects) may refer to: * Clytie (Oceanid), known for her unrequited love for

Helios In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Helios (; grc, , , Sun; Homeric Greek: ) is the deity, god and personification of the Sun (Solar deity). His name is also Latinized as Helius, and he is often given the epithets Hyper ...

. Out of jealousy, Clytie arranged the death of Leucothoe, Helios' lover. *Clytie, daughter of Pandareus and sister of Cameiro. Cameiro and Clytie lost their parents to the wrath of gods and were reared by Aphrodite. They received gifts from other Olympic goddesses as well: wisdom and beauty from

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, high stature from Artemis, skill in handiwork from Athena. When Aphrodite left for

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to arrange for the sisters to get happily married in the future, the girls, left without supervision, were abducted by the

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and given by them to the

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. *Clytie, daughter of Merops, wife of Eurypylus of

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, mother of

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and Antagoras. She received

Demeter In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although s ...

as guest. *Clytie, daughter of Amphidamas and possible mother of Pelops by Tantalus.

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. '' The Greek Myths'', section 108 (1960) *Clytie, possible mother of Myrtilus by Hermes. *Clytie, one of the Niobids. *Clytie, in one source called mother of Thalpius by

Eurytus Eurytus, Eurytos (; Ancient Greek: Εὔρυτος) or Erytus (Ἔρυτος) is the name of several characters in Greek mythology, and of at least one historical figure. Mythological *Eurytus, one of the Giants, sons of Gaia, killed by Dionysus ...

instead of Theraiphone. *Clytie or Phthia, concubine of Amyntor, the cause of a conflict between him and his son Phoenix. *Clytia, wife of Aeeta ( Aeetes) and mother of Medea. Otherwise, the wife of Aeetes was called Ipsia, Idyia, Asterodeia, Hecate, Neaera or Eurylyte.Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, ''l.c.'' * Clytemnestra is occasionally abbreviated to Clytie

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* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912
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, ''The Library of History'' translated by

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. Twelve volumes.

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. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989. Vol. 3. Books 4.59–8
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Gaius Julius Hyginus Gaius Julius Hyginus (; 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' ''De Grammatic ...

, ''Astronomica from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
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, ''Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus'' translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies
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* Homer, ''The Odyssey'' with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.
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* Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'' with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
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* Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio.'' ''3 vols''. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
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* Pseudo-Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
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* Theocritus, ''Idylls'' from ''The Greek Bucolic Poets t''ranslated by Edmonds, J M. Loeb Classical Library Volume 28. Cambridge, MA. Harvard Univserity Press. 1912
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* Theocritus, ''Idylls'' edited by R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901
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