Klytia (mistress of Amyntor)

Klytia ( Greek Κλυτία ) is in Greek mythology a concubine or concubine of Amyntor , the father of Phoinix .

The mother of Phoinix persuaded her son to seduce Klytia in order to dissuade his father from Klytia in this way. Amyntor discovered the relationship and cursed his son so that he would remain childless forever. Phoenix then fled to Peleus in Phthia and became Achilles' tutor .

swell

Scholion to Homer , Iliad 9,448
Johannes Tzetzes , ad Lycophronem 421

literature

Hans von Geisau : Klytia 7. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XI, 1, Stuttgart 1921, column 894 ( digitized version ).
Otto Höfer : Klytia 7 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.1, Leipzig 1894, column 1247 ( digitized version ).

Remarks

↑ In Johannes Tzetzes, ad Lycophronem 421 it is called Klytia or Phthia .
↑ Homer , Iliad 9, 447–482, where the name Clytia is not mentioned.
↑ According to Euripides in Aristophanes , Die Acharner 421; so also in the library of Apollodor 3,13,8 and with Johannes Tzetzes, ad Lycophronem 421 Phoinix was blinded by his father.

[1] In Johannes Tzetzes, ad Lycophronem 421 it is called Klytia or Phthia .

[2] Homer , Iliad 9, 447–482, where the name Clytia is not mentioned.

[3] According to Euripides in Aristophanes , Die Acharner 421; so also in the library of Apollodor 3,13,8 and with Johannes Tzetzes, ad Lycophronem 421 Phoinix was blinded by his father.