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Clytius

Clytius the Giant · Enemy of the Gods · Victim of Hecate

01Identity

Clytius in Roman tradition

The supplied passages contain no reference to Clytius. They give no account of its nature, form, actions, parentage, origin, or place in myth. A description of Clytius cannot therefore be made from these passages without adding information from another source.

Several similar names occur, but they refer to different figures. Clytemnestra is a daughter of Tyndareus and the wife of Agamemnon in the Greek myths summarised here. Clytie is a maiden associated with Helios, Leucothoe, and the origin of a plant. Clymenus is a king of Argos. Cloacina is a Roman goddess of sewers and a name for Venus as purifier. None of these figures is identified as Clytius, and none supplies evidence for a description of that being.

Top questions

The quick answers

  • Who is Clytius?

    Clytius is a Roman being.
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    Source

    • War in Greek Mythology
    • Classical Mythology a to Z
02The names

The names Clytius answers to

Klytius

Greek transliteration of the name

SourceWar in Greek Mythology

Klytios

Greek-form variant of the name

SourceWar in Greek Mythology

Clytus

Latinized spelling variant

SourceClassical Mythology a to Z

Clytius the Giant

Descriptive identification as a Gigante

SourceWar in Greek Mythology

03Who it is

Clytius, and where the myths place it

Appears in

The myths across MythSource where Clytius features, each on that figure’s page.

The film

The Underdrawing video on Clytius embeds here once it publishes.