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View Name: Klytië


KLYTIË
GENDER: Feminine
OTHER SCRIPTS: Κλυτιη, Κλυτια (Ancient Greek)
Meaning & History
Derived from Greek κλυτος (klytos) meaning "famous, noble". In Greek myth Klytië was an ocean nymph who loved the sun god Helios. Her love was not returned, and she pined away staring at him until she was transformed into a heliotrope flower, whose head moves to follow the sun.
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