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Klewnh
Kleônê
Cleone
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KLEONE (or Cleona) was the Naiad Nymph of the spring, well or fountain of the town of Kleonai in Argos-Sikyonia, southern Greece. She was a daughter of the river-god Asopos.
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[1.1] ASOPOS (Bacchylides Frag 9, Pausanias 2.15.1)
[1.2] ASOPOS & METOPE (Diodorus Siculus 4.72.1-5)
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ENCYCLOPEDIA
CLEO′NE (Kleônê), one of the daughters of Asopus, from-whom the town of Cleonae in Peloponnesus was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. ii. 15 § 1; Diod. iv. 74.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"The bright-belted daughters [of Asopos] whom gods settled with happy fortunes as founders of invoilate cities. Who does not know of ... Kleone." - Greek Lyric IV Bacchylides, Frag 9
"A small city Kleonai [in Argos]. They say that Kleones was a son of Pelops, though there are some who say Kleone was one of the daughters of Asopos, that flows by the side of Sikyon." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 2.15.1
"Asopos made his home in Phlios, where he married Metope, the daughter of Ladon, to whom were born two sons, Pelasgos and Ismenos, and twelve daughters, Korkyra and Salamis, also Aigina, Peirene, and Kleone, then Thebe, Tanagra, Thespeia, and Asopis, also Sinope, and finally Ornia and Khalkis." - Diodorus Siculus, Library of History 4.72.1
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- Greek Lyric IV Bacchylides, Fragments - Greek Lyric C5th BC
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
- Diodorus Siculus, The Library of History - Greek History C1st BC
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