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{{Short description|Several figures in Greek mythology}}
{{distinguish|Clete}}
In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Clite''' or '''Cleite''' ({{langx|grc|Κλείτη||renowned, famous}}){{cn|date=March 2025}} may refer to:

*Clite, daughter of [[Danaus]] and [[Memphis (mythology)|Memphis]], married and killed [[Cleitus (mythology)|Cleitus]], son of [[Aegyptus]] and [[Tyria (mythology)|Tyria]].<ref>[[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D2%3Achapter%3D1%3Asection%3D5 2.1.5]</ref>
*Clite, a [[maenad]] who followed [[Dionysus]] on his [[India]]n campaign.<ref>[[Nonnus]], 21.77</ref>
*Clite, daughter of [[Merops (mythology)|Merops]] of [[Percote]] and wife of [[Cyzicus (mythology)|Cyzicus]]. When her husband was unwittingly killed by the [[Argonauts]], she hanged herself in grief. A spring was named Cleite after her or she turned into one.<ref>[[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]], ''Narrations'' 41; [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]]'','' [https://topostext.org/work/550#28 28.1] from the ''Apollodorus'' of [[Euphorion of Chalcis|Euphorion]] and the latter part from the first book of the ''[[Argonautica]]'' of [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]] (1.1063 with [[scholia]] on 1.974 & 1063–1065)</ref>
*Clite, mother of [[Meilanion (mythology)|Meilanion]] by [[Erylaus]]. Her son was among the defenders of [[Troy]] and was killed by [[Antiphus]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], 8.119 ff.</ref>

==Notes==
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== References ==

* [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Apollonius of Rhodes|Apollonius Rhodius]], ''[[Argonautica]]'' translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853–1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. [https://topostext.org/work/126 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Apollonius Rhodius, ''Argonautica''. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0227 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Conon (mythographer)|Conon]]'', Fifty Narrations, surviving as one-paragraph summaries in the Bibliotheca (Library) of Photius, Patriarch of Constantinople'' translated from the Greek by Brady Kiesling. [https://topostext.org/work/489 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863–1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.  [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Parthenius of Nicaea|Parthenius]], ''Love Romances'' translated by Sir Stephen Gaselee (1882–1943), S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 69. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1916.  [https://topostext.org/work/550 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Parthenius, ''Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol. 1''. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0643 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''[[Posthomerica|The Fall of Troy]]'' translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/QuintusSmyrnaeus1.html Online version at theio.com]
* Quintus Smyrnaeus, ''The Fall of Troy''. Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0490 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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