In Greek mythology, Clytoneus () or Clytonaeus may refer to two different individuals:
Clytoneus or Clytius,Scholia ad Virgil, Aeneid 2.82 son of Naubolus of Argos and father of the Argonaut Nauplius II, father of Palamedes.Apollonius of Rhodes, 1.133–138 Clytoneus, a prince of Corcyra as son of King Alcinous and Arete.Homer, Odyssey 8.119 Thus, he was the brother of Nausicaa,Homer, Odyssey 6.17, 6.212-213 & 8.464 Halius and Laodamas. Clytoneus and his brother are the winners of the foot-racing contest in honour of Odysseus.Homer, Odyssey 8.119-120
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