In Greek mythology, Kleodora or Cleodora (; ) was one of the prophetic Thriae, who divined the future by throwing stones or pebbles and were associated with the Pythia. Her name comes from kleos ‘famous’ and dôron ‘gift’, in reference to her gift of prophecy.
Mythology
Cleodora and her sisters
Melaina and Daphnis lived on
Mount Parnassus, where
Delphi is located. With
Poseidon (or
Cleopompus), she was the mother of Parnassos,
[Pausanias, 10.6.13] who created a method of telling the future using birds and founded the main city on Mt. Parnassus. Kleodora's father was Cephissus, a
river god of northern
Boeotia.
As a member of the Thriae, Kleodora is often conflated with the bee maidens of the Homeric Hymn, from whom Apollo directs Hermes to learn prophecy.
Notes
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Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
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Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library
