Cleite

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Several figures in Greek mythology

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::summary Several figures in Greek mythology ::

In Greek mythology, the name Clite or Cleite () may refer to:

Clite, daughter of Danaus and Memphis, married and killed Cleitus, son of Aegyptus and Tyria.
Clite, a maenad who followed Dionysus on his Indian campaign.
Clite, daughter of Merops of Percote and wife of Cyzicus. When her husband was unwittingly killed by the Argonauts, she hanged herself in grief. A spring was named Cleite after her or she turned into one.
Clite, mother of Meilanion by Erylaus. Her son was among the defenders of Troy and was killed by Antiphus.

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References

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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated 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 Constantinople translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca translated 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 Romances translated 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 Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. Online version at theio.com
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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[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)
[[Nonnus]], 21.77
[[Conon (mythographer). Conon]], ''Narrations'' 41; [[Parthenius of Nicaea. Parthenius]]'','' [https://topostext.org/work/550#28 28.1] from the ''Apollodorus'' of [[Euphorion of Chalcis. Euphorion]] and the latter part from the first book of the ''[[Argonautica]]'' of [[Apollonius of Rhodes. Apollonius Rhodius]] (1.1063 with [[scholia]] on 1.974 & 1063–1065)
[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 8.119 ff.

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