Cleito, a mortal woman, was the daughter of Evenor and Leukippe, who dwelt on the central mountain of the island of Atlantis.
With Poseidon, Cleito gave birth to five pairs of twin boys who became the rulers of Atlantis. Their names were: Atlas and Eumelus (or Gadeirus); Ampheres, and Evaemon; Mneseus, and Autokhthon (Autochthon); Elasippus, and Mestor; and, finally, Azaes and Diaprepes.
Cleito's descendants were the rulers of Atlantis and the surrounding seas for untold generations.
Cleito and Atlantis are mentioned in the Kritias by Plato.
Stewart, Michael. "People, Places & Things: Cleito", Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant.
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