Ino (Greek mythology)
In Greek mythology, Ino (/ˈaɪnoʊ/ EYE-noh; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ [iːnɔ̌ː]) was a Theban princess who later became a queen of Boeotia. After her death and transfiguration, she was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess." Alcman called her "Queen of the Sea" (θαλασσομέδουσα thalassomédousa), which, if not hyperbole, would make her a doublet of Amphitrite.
Ino | |
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Queen of Boeotia | |
Member of the Theban Royal Family | |
Leucothea (1862) by Jean Jules Allasseur (1818-1903). South façade of the Cour Carrée in the Palais du Louvre. | |
Other names | Leucothea |
Abode | Thebes, later Athamantia in Boeotia |
Personal information | |
Parents | Cadmus and Harmonia |
Siblings | Agave, Autonoë, Semele and Polydorus |
Consort | Athamas |
Offspring | Learchus and Melicertes |
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