Melicertes
deity water Greek single tradition · 2
Melicertes is the son of Ino in Greek mythology. Some writers suggest he was in origin a reflection of Melqart. Lewis Farnell refers to "the accidental resemblance in sound of Melikertes and Melqart, seeing that Melqart, the bearded god, had no affinity in form or myth with the child- or boy-deity, and was moreover always identified with Herakles".
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2024
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Malcarthos, Tyrian Heracles, Ino, Leucothea, Hadad, Heracles, Typhon, Melqart, Dionysus, Hera
- manifests as
- Palaemon
- has aspect
- Palaemon
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (2)
Source passages
“It was suggested by some writers that the Phoenician Melicertes son of Ino found in Greek mythology was in origin a reflection of Melqart. Though no classical source explicitly connects the two, Ino is the daughter of Cadmus of Tyre.”
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“Both were afterwards worshipped as marine divinities, Ino as Leucothea ('the white goddess'), Melicertes as Palaemon.”
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