Clymene

In Greek mythology, Clymene or Klymene (; , Kluménē) was the name of an Oceanid nymph loved by the sun god Helios and the mother by him of Phaethon and the Heliades. In most versions, Clymene is the one to reveal to Phaethon his divine parentage and encourage him to seek out his father, and even drive his solar chariot. Etymology The Greek proper name (Kluménē) is the feminine form of (Klúmenos), meaning "famous". In turn, derives from the verb , meaning 'to hear, to understand', itself from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱlew-, which means 'to hear'. It thus shares the same root and meaning as "Clytie", another Oceanid nymph whom Helios loved. Family Clymene is one of the three hundred Oceanid daughters of Oceanus and Tethys. Although she shares name and parentage with Clymene, the wife of Iapetus, who is also a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys (and thus one of her sisters), she is distinguished from her. In another version, attributed to the pseudo-Hesiodic work Catalogue of Women, Clymene is the mortal daughter of Minyas, who married Helios and had Phaethon by him. Alternatively, she married Phylacus, the son of Deion, and bore him Iphiclus, a very swift son.