In Greek mythographic tradition Clonia (Kloniê) is named as the Naiad of the spring or fountain of the town of Hyria in Boeotia. Sources identify her as the consort of Hyrieus — the town's eponymous founder-figure — and as the mother of Nycteus and Lycus. Her role in the surviving record is genealogical and topographical: she personifies a local freshwater feature and is integrated into the lineage narratives that locate civic and familial origins in associations with local divine presences (sources: Theoi, UVic, Wikipedia).
Surviving sources provide no specific descriptive portrait, iconography, or physical attributes for Clonia. She is known and characterized by function and name rather than by an attested visual depiction in the available materials.
The preserved references do not attribute explicit supernatural powers, cultic functions, or ritual practices to Clonia beyond her identification as the Naiad of Hyria's spring and her role in genealogical descent. The attested etymology of her name (from Greek kloneô, "wildly-rushing") links her conceptually to moving water, but surviving texts do not record particular magical abilities (healing, prophecy, hostility) or rites for her (sources: Theoi, UVic, Wikipedia).
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- [1]CLONIA (Klonie) - Boeotian Naiad Nymph of Greek Mythology. Theoi Project entry summarizing Greek mythographic sources identifying Kloniê as the Naiad of Hyria, consort of Hyrieus, mother of Lycus and Nycteus.literary
- [2]Clonia (nymph) — Wikipedia. Wikipedia summary: 'Clonia or Kloniê (Ancient Greek: Κλονιη from kloneô "wildly-rushing") is a nymph in Greek mythology, consort of Hyrieus. By her, he became the father of Nycteus and Lycus.'wiki
- [3]Person: Clonia (UVic Mythology page). UVic summary entry listing Clonia as a nymph, consort of Hyrieus, and mother of Nycteus and Lycus (genealogical/topographical notice).other