Clytodora Explained

Clytodora (Ancient Greek: Κλυτοδώρα) is a name in Greek mythology that may refer to:

• Clytodora, a Trojan princess as the daughter of Laomedon, probably either by Placia, Strymo (or Rhoeo), Leucippe^[1] or Zeuxippe.^[2] Clytodora was the (half) sister of Priam, Astyoche, Lampus, Hicetaon, Clytius, Cilla, Proclia, Aethilla, Medesicaste, and Hesione. She became the queen of Dardania when she married Assaracus and became the mother of Capys.^[3] In some accounts, the wife of Assaracus was called Hieromneme, the naiad daughter of Simoes.^[4]
• Clytodora, possible spouse of Minyas and mother of Clymene (Periclymene^[5]), Orchomenus, Presbon, Athamas,^[6] Diochthondas^[7] and Eteoclymene.^[8]

Notes

1. [Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]
2. as cited in Apollodorus, 3.12.3, f.n.8 & Scholiast on Homer, Iliad 3.250 which have the authority of the poet Alcman
3. [Dionysius of Halicarnassus]
4. Apollodorus, 3.12.2
5. [Hyginus]
6. Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.230
7. Scholia ad Pindar, Olympian Odes 14.5
8. Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Odes 4.120

References

• Dionysus of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities. English translation by Earnest Cary in the Loeb Classical Library, 7 volumes. Harvard University Press, 1937–1950. Online version at Bill Thayer's Web Site
• Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitatum Romanarum quae supersunt, Vol I-IV. . Karl Jacoby. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1885. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Pseudo-Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.