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  • Ino, under the name Leucothea, is supposed, by some, to be the same with Aurora: the Romans gave her the name of Matuta, she being reputed the goddess that ushers in the morning; and Palæmon, they called

    Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

  • Neptune received them with open arms, and gave them a place among the marine gods, only changing their names, Ino being called Leucothea, or Leucothŏe, and Melicertes,

    Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed) Charles K. Dillaway

  • Mother, though, from the ceremonies which are used, one would think she was Leucothea.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Thus, when the people of Elea asked Xenophanes if they should or should not sacrifice to Leucothea and mourn for her, he advised them not to mourn for her if they thought her a goddess, and not to sacrifice to her if they thought her a mortal woman.

    Rhetoric Aristotle 2002

  • They were kindly received by the Nereides, and became sea-divinities under the name of Leucothea and Palæmon.

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • Helios is said to have loved Clytie, a daughter of Oceanus, who ardently returned his affection; but in the course of time the fickle sun-god transferred his devotion to Leucothea, the daughter of Orchamus, king of the eastern countries, which so angered the forsaken Clytie that she informed Orchamus of his daughter's attachment, and he punished her by inhumanly burying her alive.

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • [Sidenote a: Phæbus the Sunne.] [Sidenote b: Leucothea the morning.] [Sidenote c: Pyr & Eo, the horses of the Sunne.]

    Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame Francesco Colonna

  • Leucothea was originally a mortal named Ino, daughter of Cadmus, king of

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

  • His wife Ino threw herself, with his other son Melicertes, into the sea, and both were changed into sea-deities, Ino becoming Leucothea, and Melicertes Palaemon, whom the Greeks held to be friendly to the shipwrecked.

    The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

  • For two days and nights he floated about, drifted hither and thither by the angry billows, till at last, after many a narrow escape of his life, the sea-goddess Leucothea came to his aid, and he was cast ashore on the coast of Scheria, the island of the luxurious Phæaces.

    Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome E.M. Berens

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