{{Short description|Greek biography of Cleochus}} In Greek mythology, '''Cleochus''' (Ancient Greek: Κλέοχος) was the name shared by two individuals:
* Cleochus, the Cretan father of the nymph Aria, mother of Miletus by Apollo.<ref>Apollodorus, [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Apollod.+3.1.2&fromdoc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022:boo=3:chapter=1&highlight=Aria 3.1.2]</ref> When Areia gave birth to her son she hid him in a bed of smilax, Cleochus found the child there and named him Miletus after the plant.<ref>Scholia on Apollonius Rhodius, 1.185</ref> Clement of Alexandria quotes Leandrios saying that Cleochus was buried within the temple enclosure of Didyma in Miletus.<ref>Clement of Alexandria, ''Exhortations'' [https://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementExhortation2.html 3.45.2-3]</ref> * Cleochos, one of the followers of Dionysus in the Indian War against the Indian king Deriades.<ref>Nonnus, 40.227</ref>
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== References ==
* Apollodorus, ''The Library'' with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. {{ISBN|0-674-99135-4}}. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0022 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0021 Greek text available from the same website] *Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. [https://topostext.org/work/529 Online version at the Topos Text Project.] *Nonnus of Panopolis, ''Dionysiaca. 3 Vols.'' W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0485 Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library]. *Titus Flavius Clemens, ''Exhortation against the Pagans'' translated by Butterworth, G W. Loeb Classical Library Volume 92. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. 1919. [http://www.theoi.com/Text/ClementExhortation1.html Online version at theio.com]
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