Clymenus

In Greek mythology, Clymenus (Ancient Greek: Κλύμενος Klúmenos "notorious") may refer to any number of individuals:

• Clymenus was the father of Eurydice.
• Clymenus was the son of King Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea. He was killed while battling the Curetes.
• Clymenus was the son of Phoroneus by either Cerdo or Teledice or Cinna. He and his sister Chthonia founded a sanctuary of Demeter.
• Clymenus was the son of Presbon and a King of Orchomenus in Boeotia.
• Clymenus was the son of Helios and king of Boeotia. In a variant genealogy, he is the father of the children of the Oceanid Merope (usually said to be the offspring of Helios and Clymene). These include Phaëton and the Heliades: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Lampetia, Phoebe, Aetherie, and Dioxippe. Sometimes Phaethousa is included in this number.^[1]
• Clymenus from Dulichium was one of the suitors of Penelope.
• Clymenus was killed by Hodites during the fight between Phineus and Perseus.
• Clymenus was the son of Cardys and a descendant of Heracles of Ida. He became king of Olympia but was deposed by Endymion.^[2]
• Clymenus, king of Arcadia, was the son of either Schoeneus or Teleus. He committed incest with his daughter Harpalyce.
• Clymenus was a surname of Hades.
• Clymenus, one of the Argonauts, and the brother of Iphiclus.

References

1. ^ 154 Hyginus Fabulae
2. ^ Strabo. Geographica, 8.3.30. "What is more, the Olympian Games are an invention of theirs [the Daktyloi]; and it was they who celebrated the first Olympiads, for one should disregard the ancient stories both of the founding of the temple and of the establishment of the games - some alleging that it was Herakles, one of the Idaian Daktyloi, who was the originator of both, and others, that it was Herakles the son of Alkmene and Zeus, who also was the first to contend in the games and win the victory; for such stories are told in many ways, and not much faith is to be put in them."