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KLYTIË

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Greek Mythology

Other Scripts: Κλυτιη, Κλυτια (Ancient Greek)

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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