Galaxy/The codex of Clite

One of the fifty daughters of Danaus by Memphis — paired without lots to Clitus son of Egyptus by Tyria when the sons of Aegyptus married the Danaids at Argos; to be kept distinct from Clite wife of Cyzicus in the Dolionian episode.1

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Apollodorus says the three sons of Egyptus by Tyria took as wives, without drawing lots, the daughters of Danaus by Memphis in virtue of the similarity of their names — Clitus got Clite, Sthenelus got Sthenele, and Chrysippus got Chrysippe — before the mass slaughter of the wedding night.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Clite — art, artifacts and echoes.

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