In
Greek mythology, Cleitor or Clitor (
Ancient Greek: Κλείτωρ) or Kleitor(Κλήτωρ) may refer to the following personages:
Cleitor, an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon either by the
naiadCyllene,[1] or by
Nonacris.[2] He and his brothers were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,
Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Cleitor was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[3]
Cleitor, in his time, the most powerful of the kings in Arcadia. He was the son of King
Azan of Azania[5] but he was childless, therefore he was succeeded by his own cousin,
Aepytus, the son of
Elatus. Cleitor dwelt in
Lycosura and founded a town that bears its name (
Cleitor).[6]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
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In
Greek mythology, Cleitor or Clitor (
Ancient Greek: Κλείτωρ) or Kleitor(Κλήτωρ) may refer to the following personages:
Cleitor, an
Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King
Lycaon either by the
naiadCyllene,[1] or by
Nonacris.[2] He and his brothers were the most nefarious and carefree of all people. To test them,
Zeus visited them in the form of a peasant. These brothers mixed the entrails of a child into the god's meal, whereupon the enraged Zeus threw the meal over the table. Cleitor was killed, along with his brothers and their father, by a lightning bolt of the god.[3]
Cleitor, in his time, the most powerful of the kings in Arcadia. He was the son of King
Azan of Azania[5] but he was childless, therefore he was succeeded by his own cousin,
Aepytus, the son of
Elatus. Cleitor dwelt in
Lycosura and founded a town that bears its name (
Cleitor).[6]
This article includes a list of Greek mythological figures with the same or similar names. If an
internal link for a specific Greek mythology article referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended Greek mythology article, if one exists.