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Ino (ī`nō), in Greek mythology, daughter of Cadmus. She was the wife of Athamas Athamas (ăth`əmăs), in Greek mythology, king of Boeotia. ..... Click the link for more information. , to whom she bore Learchus and Melicertes. She plotted to kill her stepchildren, Phrixus and Helle, but their mother, Nephele, saved them with the help of a winged ram (see Golden Fleece Golden Fleece, in Greek mythology, the magic fleece of the winged ram that saved Phrixus and Helle, the children of Nephele and Athamas, from the jealousy of Ino, Athamas' second wife. ..... Click the link for more information. ). Later, when Athamas went mad and killed Learchus, Ino and Melicertes leaped into the sea to their deaths and were changed into sea deities, Leucothea and Palaemon. |
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When he was in this plight, Ino daughter of Cadmus, also called Leucothea, saw him. 975-978) And Harmonia, the daughter of golden Aphrodite, bare to Cadmus Ino and Semele and fair-cheeked Agave and Autonoe whom long haired Aristaeus wedded, and Polydorus also in rich- crowned Thebe. |
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