Metamorphoses · Character
Clytie
Nymph who pines for the Sun and becomes a sunflower.
minor
Also known as Fond Clytie, guilty Clytie
First appearance: Transformation of Clytie
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With Apollo (romantic): Apollo is the object of Clytie's unrequited love, leading her to waste away into a sunflower. In Phaeton's Sisters Transformed Into Trees: Clymene, mother of Phaeton, frantically searches for…
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Relationship types
- Romantic
- Other
Character groups
- Tragic lovers and unfulfilled desire
- Diverse mortals and gods in transformation
- Underworld journeys and divine power
- Protagonist
- Transformation through desire and violence
- Heroic quests and divine interventions
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
This is the story's dramatic climax because it presents the emotional and psychological peak of Telethusa’s de…
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- Apollo
romantic · negative
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Clytie appears across 4 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Phaeton's Sisters Transformed Into Trees
- Book IV
- Story of Leucothoe and the Sun
- Transformation of Clytie
Chapter companion notes
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