EncyclopediaClymeneClymene (klim'unē) [key], in Greek mythology. 1. Daughter of the Titan Oceanus. The wife of Iapetus, she bore him Atlas, Prometheus, Epimetheus, and Menoetius. 2. Nymph, wife of Helios and mother of Phaëthon. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Clymene from Fact Monster:
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