Clymene (wife of Iapetus)

Clymene
Member of the Oceanids
Other namesAsia
AbodeOcean
Personal information
ParentsOceanus and Tethys
Siblingsthe Oceanids, the Potamoi
ConsortIapetus
ChildrenPrometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas, Menoetius

In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymene (ˈklɪmɪn, ˈkl-⫽;[1][2] Ancient Greek: Κλυμένη, Kluménē, feminine form of Κλύμενος, meaning "famous"[3]) is the name of one of the three thousand Oceanid nymphs, usually the wife of Iapetus and mother by him of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Atlas and Menoetius.

  1. ^ Russell, William F. (1989). Classic myths to read aloud. New York: Three Rivers Press. ISBN 9780307774439.
  2. ^ Barchers, Suzanne I. (2001). From Atalanta to Zeus : readers theatre from Greek mythology. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press. p. 192. ISBN 9781563088155.
  3. ^ Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, Κλύμενος

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