Galaxy/The codex of Clymenus

In Greek mythology, Clymenus (Ancient Greek Κλύμενος) is named in Homer's Odyssey only as the father of Eurydice, eldest daughter of Clymenus and revered wife of Nestor at sandy Pylos — a bare patronymic with no further genealogy in the epic.

Adapted from Wikipedia, "Clymenus" · CC BY-SA 4.0

I.Father of Nestor's wife

Homer (Odyssey 3.451–452) names Eurydice "eldest daughter of Clymenus" as Nestor's wife who leads the women's cry at the sacrifice. Wikipedia's Clymenus page lists this bare Homeric father among many Clymeni — Orchomenian king, Calydonian prince, Arcadian incestuous king, Argonaut, Dulichian suitor, and others.

Apollodorus gives Nestor a different wife, Anaxibia daughter of Cratieus; the atlas keeps both traditions as separate patronymic nodes (clymenus-pylos vs cratieus-pylos).

II.Homonym care

The atlas id clymenus-pylos is Homer's father of Eurydice alone — not clymenus-orchomenus, the Dulichian suitor clymenus-dulichium, or other Clymeni.

AT A GLANCE

Greek nameKlymenos (Κλύμενος)
Typemortal
Domainsfather of Eurydice · the Neleid court at Pylos
SymbolsFather of Eurydice · Neleid court at Pylos · Homeric patronymic
Cult centersPylos
EtymologyAncient Greek Κλύμενος (Klúmenos), "famous" or "infamous."
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