Clytius

Son of Eurytus of Oechalia, Argonaut (with his brother Iphitus), slain by Heracles at the sack of Oechalia (variant: by Aeetes on the Argo). Mortal-tier. Distinct from the other Greek figures named Clytius — the Giant slain in the Gigantomachy, and Clytius son of Laomedon the Trojan elder, among others.

Parentage

• father: EurytusApollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.86-89; Diod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)

Domains

• archery
• the argonautic expedition

Powers

• Draws the inherited Oechalian bow

Epithets

• Οἰχαλίης ἐπίουρος (Oichaliēs epiouros, 'warder of Oechalia')Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.87 (primary)

Relations

• father: EurytusApollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.86-89; Diod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• mother: Antiope daughter of Pylon (Antioche in Hesiod; wife of Eurytus, unregistered second parent) · GreekScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: IoleBrother of Iole. One-way relation to the already-registered sister; her entry is not edited here.Apollod. 2.7.7 (primary)
• sibling: IphitusBrother and fellow Argonaut.Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 1.86-89 (primary)
• sibling: ToxeusDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)
• sibling: DeioneusScholia to Sophocles, Trachiniae 354 (Hesiod, Catalogue) (primary)
• sibling: MolionDiod. Sic. 4.37.5 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Apollonius Rhodius Argonautica 1.86-89; Hyginus Fabulae 14; Diodorus Siculus 4.37.5; Apollodorus 2.7.7; Scholia to Sophocles Trachiniae 354 (primary); William Smith (ed.), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1849), s.v. 'Clytius (4)' (secondary)
• death-by-Heracles-at-Oechalia: Diodorus Siculus 4.37.5; Apollodorus 2.7.7 (primary)