ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Clytie (Oceanid)

Imagine a really beautiful, magical lady who lives in the ocean. Her name is Clytie and she is what we call an "oceanid." This means that she is one of the special creatures that are part of the sea and everything that lives inside it. Clytie loves to swim and play with other oceanids, but she also has a very important job.

You know how people need the sun to live and grow? Well, Clytie is kind of like that for the plants and animals that live in the ocean. She helps the sun's rays to get all the way down to the bottom of the ocean where they are needed by these creatures. Without Clytie and the other oceanids, the ocean would be much darker and life wouldn't be able to thrive as much as it does now.

Clytie is also very famous for something else - she fell in love with a god named Helios. He was the god of the sun, which means that he was the one who made sure the sun rose and set every day. Clytie loved him so much that she would sit on the ocean floor all day just looking up at the sun, waiting for it to rise again so she could see him. This went on for days and days, but eventually, Helios got worried about her and turned her into a sunflower. So now you know where sunflowers come from!

Overall, Clytie is a very important and magical creature that helps make the ocean a beautiful and thriving place for all the plants and animals that live in it.