Clitus
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Cleitus, is the English form of the personal name Kleitos (Greek Κλείτος, which may in turn derive from Greek kleos glory). It has been adopted as an English personal name in modern times mainly in the U.S., and usually with a modern spelling Claitus. Classical scholarship uses the traditional spelling.
It may refer to:
It may refer to:
- In ancient history:
- Cleitus the Black (c. 375–328 BC), a Macedonian officer and friend of Alexander the Great, killed by the latter after an argument.
- Cleitus the White, a Macedonian officer who rose to prominence after Alexander the Great's death.
- Cleitus the IllyrianCleitus the IllyrianCleitus was an Illyrian king of the Dardanian State attested in 335 BC. Cleitus was the son of Bardyllis and the father of Bardyllis II.....
, an Illyrian king.
- In Greek mythology:
- Cleitus, a Trojan, son of Peisenor (Πεισήνωρ), friend of Polydamas, killed by TeucerTeucerIn Greek mythology Teucer, also Teucrus or Teucris , was the son of King Telamon of Salamis Island and his second wife Hesione, daughter of King Laomedon of Troy. He fought alongside his half-brother, Ajax, in the Trojan War and is the legendary founder of the city Salamis on Cyprus...
. - Cleitus, another Trojan, son of Agamestor and a nymph, killed by PodaliriusPodaliriusIn Greek mythology, Podalirius or Podalarius was a son of Asclepius. With Machaon, his brother, he led thirty ships from Thessaly in the Trojan War on the side of the Greeks. Like Machaon, he was a legendary healer. He healed Philoctetes, holder of the bow and arrows of Heracles required to end...
. - Cleitus, son of MantiusMantiusIn Greek mythology, Mantius was the son of Melampus and Iphianassa and the father of Clitus, Polypheides and, in some versions, of Oicles....
, who was abducted by EosEosIn Greek mythology, Eos is the Titan goddess of the dawn, who rose from her home at the edge of Oceanus, the ocean that surrounds the world, to herald her brother Helios, the Sun.- Greek literature :...
because of his beauty. After his death, he was placed among other immortals. He was the father of Coeranus and grandfather of PolyeidosPolyeidosIn Greek mythology, Polyeidos or Polyidus , son of Coeranus, was a famous seer from Corinth.-Genealogy:Polyeidos was a descendant of another renowned seer, Melampus. Given that Melampus had two sons, Abas and Mantius, different sources made Coeranus, father of Polyeidos, son or grandson of either...
. - Cleitus, son of Polyeidos, thus great-grandson of the precedent.
- Cleitus, son of AegyptusAegyptus- Aegyptus, King of Egypt and Arabia :In Greek mythology, Aegyptus is a descendant of the heifer maiden, Io, and the river-god Nilus, and was a king in Egypt. Aegyptos was the son of Belus and Achiroe, a naiad daughter of Nile. Aegyptus fathered fifty sons, who were all but one murdered by the...
and Tyria, who married (and was killed by) Cleite, daughter of DanausDanausIn Greek mythology Danaus, or Danaos , was the twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Achiroe and Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus...
and Memphis. - Cleitus, suitor of Pallene, daughter of SithonSithon (mythology)In Greek mythology, Sithon was a king of the Odomanti or Hadomanti in Thrace, son of either Poseidon and Ossa or of Ares and Anchiroe, daughter of the river god Neilus...
of Thrace. - Cleitus, a minstrel at the court of Priamus.
- Cleitus, a Trojan, son of Peisenor (Πεισήνωρ), friend of Polydamas, killed by Teucer