Cleito (mythology)

In Greek mythology, Cleito (Ancient Greek: Κλειτὼ means "renowned, famous") may refer to the following:

Cleito, an Atlantian, daughter of the autochthon Evenor and Leucippe. When she reached a marriageable age, both her parents died, and the sea-god Poseidon, after falling in love with Cleito married her. They had five pairs of twins, namely: Atlas and Eumelus, Ampheres and Evaemon, Mneseus and Autochthon, Elasippus and Mestor, and lastly, Azaes and Diaprepes.
Cleito, mother of Hellus, one of the Trojan warriors who was killed by the Achaean leader Eurypylus during the siege of Troy.

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