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

• Eurytus

Domains

• archery
• the argonautic expedition

Powers

• Draws the inherited Oechalian bow

Epithets

• Οἰχαλίης ἐπίουρος (Oichaliēs epiouros, 'warder of Oechalia')

Relations

• father: Eurytus
• sibling: Iole
• sibling: Iphitus
• sibling: Toxeus
• sibling: Deioneus
• sibling: Molion

Sources

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