Galaxy/The codex of Clymene

In Greek mythology, Clymene (Ancient Greek Κλυμένη) daughter of Catreus is a Cretan princess given with her sister Aerope to Nauplius; she becomes Nauplius' wife and mother of Palamedes, Oeax, and (in some lists) Nausimedon. When Palamedes dies at Troy through Odysseus' plot, Nauplius avenges him on the returning host.

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I.Catreus' daughter, Palamedes' mother

Apollodorus (3.2.2; Epitome 6.8) has Catreus, fearing an oracle, give Aerope and Clymene to Nauplius to sell abroad; Nauplius marries Clymene, who bears Oeax and Palamedes (and Nausimedon in some accounts). Alternate mothers Hesione or Philyra appear in other authorities for the same sons.

The asteroid 356217 Clymene is named after this Catreid mother of Palamedes — not the Oceanid.

II.Homonym care

Wikipedia's Clymene page is crowded: the Oceanid wife of Iapetus (clymene), Phaethon's mother, a Nereid, Helen's handmaid, Minyas' daughter (clymene-minyas), and more. The atlas id clymene-catreus is the Cretan princess alone.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameKlymenē (Κλυμένη)
Typemortal
Domainsdaughter of Catreus · mother of Palamedes
SymbolsDaughter of Catreus · Mother of Palamedes · Wife of Nauplius
Cult centersCrete (Catreus) · Argolid / Nauplian house
EtymologyAncient Greek Κλυμένη (Kluménē), feminine of Κλύμενος — "famous."
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