In Greek mythology, Leucothea (Greek Leukothea, the "White Goddess") was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized. Mythic themes agree that she was a transformed nymph. Perseus with the head of Medusa. ...

In the more familiar variant, Ino, the sister of Semele and queen of Athamas, became a goddess after Hera drove her insane as a punishment for caring for the new-born Dionysus. Ino/Leucothea leapt into the sea, with her son Melicertes in her arms. Out of pity, the Hellenes asserted, the Olympian gods turned them both into sea-gods, transforming Melicertes into Palaemon, the patron of the Isthmian games that were held in his honour. See Ino for more details. 173 Ino is an asteroid. ... In Greek mythology, Semele, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mother of Dionysus (the god and his votaries were both identified as Bacchus) by Zeus. ... The king of Orchomenus in Greek mythology, Athamas (rich harvest) was married first to the goddess Nephele with whom he had the twins Phrixus and Helle. ... In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hêra (World Book «HIHR uh») (Greek or ) was the wife and sister of Zeus. ... Dionysus with a panther and satyr, in the Palazzo Altemps (Rome, Italy) Dionysus or Dionysos (Ancient Greek: Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος; also known as Bacchus in both Greek and Roman mythology and associated with the Italic Liber), the Thracian god of wine, represents not only the intoxicating power of wine, but also its... Melicertes (later called Palaemon), in Greek mythology, the son of the Boeotian prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus. ... Palaemon 1 This was the birth name given to the Greek hero Herakles and the name he used until the Pythoness at Delphi first addressed him as Herakles when he sought a cure for his madness. ... The Isthmian Games were one of the Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece, and were held at Corinth every two years. ... 173 Ino is an asteroid. ...

In the version sited at Rhodes, a much earlier mythic level can be detected. There, the woman who plunged into the sea and became Leucothea was Halia ("of the sea"), a local nymph and one of the aboriginal Telchines of the island, who succumbed to Poseidon, nurtured on the island. Halia bore him Rhodos/Rhode and six sons; the sons were maddened by Aphrodite in retaliation for an impious affront, assaulted their sister and were confined beneath the Earth by Poseidon. Thus the Rhodians traced their mythic descent from Rhode and the titan Helios. (Graves 1955) Rhodes, Greek Ρόδος (pron. ... Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, sometimes bound to a particular location or landform. ... In Greek mythology, the Telchines were the original inhabitants of the island of Rhodes, and were known in Crete and Cyprus. ... Neptune reigns in the city centre, Bristol, formerly the largest port in England outside London. ... Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love and beauty,and the patroness of physical love. ... Helios in Greek In earlier Greek mythology, the sun was personified as a deity called Hêlios (Greek for the sun), whom Homer equates with the sun titan Hyperion. ...

In the Odyssey Leucothea makes a dramatic appearance as a sea-mew who offers the shipwrecked Odysseus a veil to wind round himself to save his life in the sea. Homer makes her the transfiguration of Ino. Odysseus and Nausicaä - by Charles Gleyre The Odyssey (Greek: Οδύσσεια, Odússeia) is the second of the two great Greek epic poems ascribed to Homer, the first of which is the Iliad. ... Genera Pagophila Larus Rissa Creagus Xema Rhodostethia Gulls are seabirds in the family Laridae and subfamily Lari. ... Bust of Homer in the British Museum For the fictional character in The Simpsons, see Homer Simpson. ...

In Laconia, she has a sanctuary, where she answers people's questions about dreams. This is her form of the oracle.

Leucothea is The White Goddess of Robert Graves. The author and poet Robert Graves study of the nature of poetic myth-making, The White Goddess, first published in 1948, and revised, amended and enlarged in 1966, represents a tangential approach to the study of mythology from a decidedly idiosyncratic perspective. ... Portrait of Robert Graves (circa 1974) by Rab Shiell Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) was an English scholar, poet, and novelist. ...

The Etruscan Losna may well be comparable. The Etruscans were a race of unknown origin from North Italy who were eventually integrated into Rome. ... In Etruscan mythology, Losna was the moon goddess, and was also associated with the ocean and tides. ...

There was also a beautiful mortal woman in Greek mythology with the variant name Leucothoë: a mortal princess, daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia, Leucothoë was loved by Helius, who disguised himself as Leucothoë's mother to gain entrance to her chambers. Clytia, jealous of her sister because she wanted Helius for herself, told Orchamus the truth, betraying her sister's trust and confidence in her. Enraged, Orchamus ordered Leucothoë, who claimed Helius had forced her to succumb to his desires, buried alive. Helius refused to forgive Clytia for betraying his beloved, and a grievous Clytia wilted and slowly died. Helius changed her into an incense plant, either heliotrope or sunflower, which follows the sun every day. Orchamus was a king in Greek mythology. ... Clytia or Clytie was a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys in Greek mythology. ... This article is about Greek mythology. ...

References

• Burkert, Walter, Greek Religion 1985
• Graves, Robert, The Greek Myths 1955
• Kerenyi, Karl, The Gods of the Greeks