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Leukothea Goddesses of Greece and Rome
Leukothea, Goddess of Sailors

In Greek mythology, Leucothea (/ljˈkθiə/; Greek: Λευκοθέα, translit. Leukothéa, lit. "white goddess"), sometimes also called Leucothoe (Greek: Λευκοθόη, translit. Leukothóē), was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized, in this case as a transformed nymph.

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Leucothea

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In Greek mythology, Leucothea (/ljuːˈkoʊθiə/; Greek: Λευκοθέα, translit. Leukothéa, lit. "white goddess"), sometimes also called Leucothoe (Greek: Λευκοθόη...

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Lethata leucothea

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Lethata leucothea is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by August Busck in 1914. It is found in Panama. The wingspan is about 20 mm...

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Odontocera leucothea

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Odontocera leucothea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. Bezark, Larry G. A Photographic Catalog of the Cerambycidae of the World Archived...

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Greek water deities

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motif is apparent in the paradoxical festivals of the shadowy sea-deity Leucothea ("white goddess"), celebrated in many cities throughout the Greek world...

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Halia of Rhodes

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was a woman who according to Rhodian tradition became the sea-goddess Leucothea. Halia was a daughter of Thalassa (the sea), and sister to the Telchines...

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Spindrift

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speed of 8 Beaufort and higher at sea. In Greek and Roman mythology, Leucothea was the goddess of spindrift. Spindrift is derived from the Scots language...

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Halie

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herself into the sea; Rhodians argue that she became the goddess Leucothea. However, Leucothea is identified with Ino in all other sources. Halia, daughter...

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Tentaculata

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This species is brilliantly luminescent. The similar, but larger, genus Leucothea is abundant on the Pacific coast. Venus girdle (genus Cestum) is a flattened...

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Arion

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sea was that of his mother, Ino. transformed into the "white goddess" Leucothea; Melicertes was carried more dead than alive to the shores where the Isthmian...

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Melicertes

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between Megara and Corinth, Both were changed into marine deities: Ino as Leucothea, noted by Homer, Melicertes as Palaemon. The body of the latter was carried...

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Nicosia

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possible allusion to a supposed son of Ptolemy I Soter or to the sea goddess Leucothea. During the Byzantine period, the form Leucosia (Λευκουσία, Leukousía)—usually...

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Moschia

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Glaucus, and Hippus (Geography, 11.2.17). In it "lies the temple of Leucothea, founded by Phrixus, and the oracle of Phrixus, where a ram is never sacrificed;...

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List of Greek mythological figures

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daughter of Proteus Glaucus (Γλαῦκος), the fisherman's sea god and oracle Leucothea (Λευκοθέα), a sea goddess who aided sailors in distress Nereids (Νηρηίδες)...

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Megaera

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Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the Sea Phorcys...

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Helios

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Theia Siblings Selene and Eos Consort Clymene, Clytie, Perse, Rhodos, Leucothea, various others Children Achelous, Acheron, Actis, Aeëtes, Aex, Aegle...

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Mater Matuta

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Roman Imperial period, Mater Matuta was linked with the Greek goddess Leucothea, previously known as Ino, an ancient sea goddess. Statuettes at Satricum...

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Erinyes

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Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the Sea Phorcys...

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Thanatos

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Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the Sea Phorcys...

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List of Greek mythological creatures

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deified human beings. For example, Alabandus at Alabanda, Tenes at Tenedos, Leucothea and her son Palaemon were worshiped throughout Greece. List of Greek mythological...

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Pactolus

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into the river. Later it was called Pactolus, from Pactolus, the son of Leucothea, who during a festival of Aphrodite failed to recognize his own sister...

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Lobata

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the water, using the cilia on their comb rows for propulsion, although Leucothea has long and active auricles whose movements also contribute to propulsion...

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Vani archaeological site

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hypotheses identify the site with the Surium of Pliny the Elder or the Leucothea of Strabo. The Vani site is situated at the western outskirts of the modern...

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Mushki

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Hellanicus. The second location Moschice (Moschikê) – in which was a temple of Leucothea, once famous for its wealth, but plundered by Pharnaces and Mithridates...

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Titans

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Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus The Ichthyocentaurs Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites The Nesoi Oceanus Old Man of the Sea Phorcys...

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Dolphin

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was transfigured as the marine deity Palaemon, while his mother became Leucothea. (cf Ino.) At Corinth, he was so closely connected with the cult of Poseidon...

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