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In Greek mythology, Themisto was the third and last wife of Athamas. She had four kids by him (Apollodorus, I, 9, 2). One of them is Schoeneus. Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... 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. ... Apollodorus was a popular name in the ancient world. ... In Greek mythology, Schoeneus was the name of several individuals: Schoeneus was a Boeotian king, the son of Athamas and Themisto. ...


When Athamus returned to his second wife, Ino, Themisto dressed all her own children in white clothing, and Ino's in black. Themisto then proceeded to kill all the black-clothed children, as an act of revenge against Athamus. 173 Ino is an asteroid. ...


What Themisto did not realise was that Ino had switched the children's clothing, and so she in fact killed her own children (except, apparently, for Schoeneus).


A different Themisto was a daughter of the river god Inachus, and become the mother of Ister (the river Danube) by Zeus. Inachus is one of the Oceanids in Greek mythology. ... The Danube (Donau in German; Dunaj in Slovak; Duna in Hungarian; Dunav in Croatian and Serbian; Дунав in Bulgarian; Dunăre in Romanian; Дунай (Dunay) in Ukrainian; Danuvius in Latin) is Europes second-longest river (after the Volga). ... Statue of Zeus Phidias created the 12-m (40-ft) tall statue of Zeus at Olympia about 435 BC. The statue was perhaps the most famous sculpture in ancient Greece, imagined here in a 16th-century engraving. ...


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Themisto (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (176 words)
Themisto (IPA: /θəˈmɪstoʊ/, the-mis'-toe, Greek Θεμιστώ) (Jupiter XVIII) is a moon of Jupiter.
In 2002 it was officially named after Themisto, a lover of Zeus (Jupiter) in Greek mythology.
Themisto's orbit is unusual, as it orbits about midway between the Galilean moons and the first group of prograde irregulars.
Themisto (131 words)
Themisto then proceeded to kill all the fl-clothed children, as an act of revenge against Athamus.
What Themisto did not realise was that Ino had switched the children's clothing, and so she in fact killed her own children (except, apparently, for Schoeneus).
A different Themisto was a daughter of the river god Inachus, and become the mother of Ister (the river Danube) by Zeus.
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