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Cleito (mythology)
Two figures in Greek mythology
In Greek mythology, Cleito (Ancient Greek: Κλειτὼ means "renowned, famous") may refer to the following:
- Cleito, an Atlantian, daughter of the autochthon Evenor and Leucippe. When she reached a marriageable age, both her parents died, and the sea-god Poseidon, after falling in love with Cleito married her. They had five pairs of twins, namely: Atlas and Eumelus, Ampheres and Evaemon, Mneseus and Autochthon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes.
- Cleito, mother of Hellus, one of the Trojan warriors who was killed by the Achaean leader Eurypylus during the siege of Troy.
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