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Definitions

Proper Noun

1. 1
   A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas. Greek

Example

More examples

"Helios had another son named Phaethon, whose mother was Clymene, one of the Oceanides."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Κλυμένη (Kluménē).

Related phrases

Clymene dolphin

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