Cleitus, an
Egyptian prince as one of the 50
sons of King
Aegyptus.[1] His mother was a
Tyria and thus full brother of
Sthenelus and
Chrysippus. In some accounts, he could be a son of Aegyptus either by
Eurryroe, daughter of the
river-godNilus,[2] or
Isaie, daughter of King
Agenor of
Tyre.[3] Clitus suffered the same fate as his other brothers, save
Lynceus, when they were slain on their wedding night by their wives who obeyed the command of their father King
Danaus of
Libya. He married the
DanaidClite, daughter of Danaus and
Memphis.[1]
Cleitus, son of
Mantius, who was abducted by
Eos because of his beauty. After his death, he was placed among other immortals. He was the father of
Coeranus and grandfather of
Polyeidos.[4]
Cleitus, son of Polyeidos, thus great-grandson of the precedent.[5]
Cleitus, suitor of
Pallene, daughter of
Sithon of
Thrace. He eventually won Pallene's hand and inherited Sithon's kingdom.[6]
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.
Tzetzes, John, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826.
Online version at theio.com
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