Clytius (Greek: Κλυτίος) is the name of many people in Greek mythology:
- A son of Laomedon, brother of Priam, and an elder of Troy.[1] Also spelled Klythios, Klytios, Clytios, and Klytius.
- A young soldier in the army of Turnus who is loved by Cydon in Virgil's Aeneid.[2]
- One of the Gigantes killed by Hecate in the battle of the gods[3].
- A man who attended Telemachus in Homer's Odyssey.[4]
- One of the sons of Aeolus who followed Aeneas into Italy and was killed by Turnus is also named Clytius in the Aeneid.[5]
- An Argonaut, son of Eurytus, killed by Apollo for challenging him to an archery match.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1848 edition of Lemprière's Classical Dictionary.
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