Clytie

Role: daughter of Pandareus · First appears: Book 10 · Chapter 30

Clytie and Camiro became orphans while they were still maidens, when their parents died through the wrath of the gods. Aphrodite brought them up, and they received gifts from the goddesses: Hera gave them prudence and beauty, Artemis tallness of stature, and Athene “an education fit for women.”

When Aphrodite went up to heaven to seek a good match for them from Zeus, the Harpies carried Clytie and Camiro off in her absence and gave them to the Furies.

Relationship record

Life events

• Camiro and Clytie became orphans when their parents died through the gods’ wrath.(Book 10 · Chapter 30)
  • With: Camiro
  • “their parents died through the wrath of the gods when they were still maidens, and that as they were orphans”
• Aphrodite brought up Camiro and Clytie after they were orphaned.(Book 10 · Chapter 30)
  • With: Camiro Aphrodite
  • “as they were orphans they were brought up by Aphrodite”
• Camiro and Clytie received beauty, prudence, stature, and education from the goddesses.(Book 10 · Chapter 30)
  • With: Camiro Aphrodite Hera Artemis Athene
  • “and received gifts from other goddesses, as from Hera prudence and beauty, from Artemis tallness of stature, from Athene an education fit for women.”
• The Harpies carried off Camiro and Clytie and gave them to the Furies.(Book 10 · Chapter 30)
  • With: Camiro
  • “But when Aphrodite went up to heaven to obtain a good match for the girls from Zeus, they were carried off in her absence by the Harpies and given by them to the Furies.”

Book 10 · Chapter 30

• parent: Pandareus “Polygnotus has painted next the daughters of Pandareus, as to whom Homer says, in a speech of Penelope, that their parents died through the wrath of the gods when they were still maidens, and that as they were orphans they were brought up by Aphrodite, and received gifts from other goddesses, as from Hera prudence and beauty, from Artemis tallness of stature, from Athene an education fit for women. ... Their names were Camiro and Clytie.”
• guardian: Aphrodite “as they were orphans they were brought up by Aphrodite”
• with Hera (Hera gave prudence and beauty.) “received gifts from other goddesses, as from Hera prudence and beauty”
• with Artemis (Artemis gave tallness of stature.) “from Artemis tallness of stature”
• with Athene (Athene gave an education fit for women.) “from Athene an education fit for women”
• siblings with Camiro “Their names were Camiro and Clytie.”
• mentor: Athene “from Athene an education fit for women”
• with Polygnotus (interaction) “And Polygnotus has painted them crowned with flowers, and playing with dice.”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.