Discovered 1868 Sept. 13 by J. C. Watson at Ann Arbor.

There are about ten mythological characters by this name. In the Iliad Clymene is a female servant of Helen {see planet (101)}, who accompanied her mistress when Paris {see planet (3317)} abducted her. Clymene is also known as the daughter of Oceanus and Tethys and mother of Epimetheus and Prometheus {see planets (1810) and (1809)}. (Z 65)