Clymene’s Family Tree

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Family

• Oceanus(parent),Tethys(parent),Achelous(sibling),Doris(sibling),Electra(sibling),Metis(sibling),Peneus(sibling),Perse(sibling),Philyra(sibling),Plouto(sibling),Styx(sibling),Tyche(sibling)— Marriage

  Oceanus and Tethys produced the three thousand Oceanids and river gods, including Styx, Electra, Clymene, Doris, Metis, Tyche, Perse, Plouto, Philyra, Peneus, and Achelous.

• Iapetus(spouse),Atlas(child),Epimetheus(child),Menoetius (Titan)(child),Prometheus(child)— Consort

  Iapetus and Clymene fathered four sons — Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius Titan — each punished differently by Zeus after the Titanomachy. Atlas bears the sky, Prometheus is chained to a rock, Menoetius Titan was cast into Erebus, and Epimetheus loosed suffering on mankind by accepting Pandora.

  ⚠ Hesiod (Theogony 507) names the Oceanid Clymene as their mother; Apollodorus (Bibliotheca 1.2.3) names the Oceanid Asia instead.

• Helios(spouse),Heliades(child),Phaethon(child)— Consort

  Phaethon and the Heliades were children of Helios and the Oceanid Clymene. After Phaethon's fatal ride of the sun chariot, his sisters the Heliades wept so long that the gods transformed them into poplar trees.

Member of

• Oceanids

  The Oceanids were three thousand freshwater nymphs born to Oceanus and Tethys who nurtured rivers, springs, and streams across the world. Hesiod named the eldest and most honored among them in the Theogony.

Associated with

• Phaethon

  Clymene raised Phaethon and, when he doubted his parentage, assured him that Helios was truly his father. She sent him to the sun god's palace to confirm the truth.