Clytoneus
In Greek mythology, Clytoneus (Ancient Greek: Κλυτόνηος or Κλυτονήου) or Clytonaeus may refer to two different individuals:
- Clytoneus or Clytius,Scholia on Virgil, Aeneid 2.82 son of Naubolus of Argos and father of the Argonaut Nauplius II, father of Palamedes.Apollonius of Rhodes, [https://books.google.com/books?id=O5ANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA11 1.133–138]Scholia ad Apollonius of Rhodes, 4.1091
- Clytoneus, a prince of Corcyra as son of King Alcinous and Arete.Homer, Odyssey 8.119 Thus, he was the brother of Nausicaa,Homer, Odyssey 6.17, 6.212-213 & 8.464 Halius and Laodamas. Clytoneus and his brother are the winners of the foot-racing contest in honour of Odysseus.Homer, Odyssey 8.119-120
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References
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
- 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. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website].
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