Clymene (mother of Phaethon)

The name Clymene (Κλυμένη, glossed in sources as "famous woman") appears in Greek mythic onomastic practice as belonging to several distinct women. In the corpus summarized by the provided sources, one Clymene is identified as the mother of Phaethon; another bearer of the name is listed as the wife of Iapetus. The sources present Clymene primarily within genealogical and narrative frameworks—as a named mother, wife, or participant in lineage stories—rather than as an independently ontological spirit or daemonic category. The multiplicity of figures with the same name reflects Greek reuse of meaningful names across different mythic personae.

Classical and modern summary sources supplied do not give a consistent physical or iconographic description for Clymene. In the available excerpts she is normally named in family lists and narrative contexts (mother, wife, or named participant) without attendant details of dress, physiognomy, or emblematic attributes. No contemporary visual or descriptive traits are recorded in the provided materials.

The provided sources do not attribute supernatural powers, special skills, or routine behaviours to Clymene. Her role in the attested traditions is relational and genealogical—she is named as mother of Phaethon or as the wife of Iapetus in different accounts—rather than as a locus of independent abilities or recurring mythic actions. The materials contain no record of magic, agency beyond maternity/kinship, or characteristic deeds specific to her.