Leucothea
Leucothea is a Greek sea goddess, also known as Ino. She is Semele's sister and Dionysus' aunt. After Semele's death, Ino raised her nephew Dionysus as her own child.
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When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2024
- Historical notes
- Attested in writings of Cicero, Ovid, and Plutarch.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Mater Matuta, Thesan
- sibling of
- Semele
- co occurs with
- Usil, Agron, Eumelus, Byssa, Meropis, Eos, Aurora, Amphitrite, Palaemon, Dionysus, Hera, Melicertes
- aspect of
- Ino
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Mater Matuta was linked with the Greek sea goddess Leucothea, known as Ino— Semele's sister and Dionysus' aunt— before her transformation into the goddess. After Semele's death, Ino raised her nephew Dionysus as her own child”
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“However, other evidence points to her likeness being assimilated into the Greek sea goddess Leucothea”
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“Transformed into the goddess Leucothea, Ino also represents one of the many sources of divine aid to Odysseus in the Odyssey (5:333 ff), her earliest appearance in literature. Homer calls her "Ino-Leocothea of the beautiful ankles [καλλίσφυρος]”
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“Byssa became a byssa bird, sacred to the goddess Leucothea.”
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