Cleite
InGreek mythology,the nameCliteorCleite(Ancient Greek:Κλείτηmeans "renowned, famous" ) may refer to:
- Clite, daughter ofDanausandMemphis,married and killedCleitus,son ofAegyptusandTyria.[1]
- Clite, amaenadwho followedDionysuson hisIndiancampaign.[2]
- Clite, daughter ofMeropsofPercoteand wife ofCyzicus.When her husband was unwittingly killed by theArgonauts,she hanged herself in grief. A spring was named Cleite after her or she turned into one.[3]
- Clite, mother ofMeilanionbyErylaus.Her son was among the defenders ofTroyand was killed byAntiphus.[4]
Notes[edit]
- ^Apollodorus,2.1.5
- ^Nonnus,21.77
- ^Conon,Narrations41;Parthenius,28.1from theApollodorusofEuphorionand the latter part from the first book of theArgonauticaofApollonius Rhodius(1.1063 withscholiaon 1.974 & 1063–1065)
- ^Quintus Smyrnaeus,8.119 ff.
References[edit]
- Apollodorus,The Librarywith 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.
- Apollonius Rhodius,Argonauticatranslated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius,Argonautica.George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Conon,Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinopletranslated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiacatranslated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Nonnus of Panopolis,Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Parthenius,Love Romancestranslated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882–1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Parthenius,Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1.Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Quintus Smyrnaeus,The Fall of Troytranslated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.Online version at theio
- Quintus Smyrnaeus,The Fall of Troy.Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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