Melicertes

E519116

deity in Greek mythology figure in Greek mythology mortal woman in Greek mythology sea god

Melicertes is a figure in Greek mythology who, after his death and transformation at sea, became the sea god Palaemon associated with sailors and harbors.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Palaemon	0
Ino	0
Melikertes	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	deity in Greek mythology ⓘ figure in Greek mythology ⓘ mortal woman in Greek mythology ⓘ sea god ⓘ
afterlifeStatus	deified ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Leucothea NERFINISHED ⓘ Palaemon NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	Apollodorus, Bibliotheca NERFINISHED ⓘ Ovid, Metamorphoses NERFINISHED ⓘ Pausanias, Description of Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Athamas NERFINISHED ⓘ Ino NERFINISHED ⓘ Leucothea NERFINISHED ⓘ harbors ⓘ safe sea travel ⓘ sailors ⓘ
causeOfDeath	drowning ⓘ
cultCenter	Isthmia NERFINISHED ⓘ Isthmus of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
depictedAs	youthful sea god ⓘ
equivalentInRomanMythology	Portunus NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Athamas NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hasGreekName	Μελικέρτης NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	protector of sailors as Palaemon ⓘ
hasRomanName	Portunus NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSymbolicMeaning	salvation at sea ⓘ
honoredAt	Isthmian Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
mother	Ino NERFINISHED ⓘ
mythologicalCycle	Theban cycle NERFINISHED ⓘ
oftenDepictedWith	dolphin ⓘ ship ⓘ
placeOfDeath	sea ⓘ
relatedMyth	madness of Athamas ⓘ persecution of Ino by Hera ⓘ
sibling	Learchus NERFINISHED ⓘ
transformationContext	leap into the sea with his mother Ino ⓘ
transformedInto	Palaemon NERFINISHED ⓘ sea goddess ⓘ
worshippedAt	Isthmus of Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ harbors ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ino → hasChild → Melicertes ⓘ

Ino → accompaniedByInDeath → Melicertes ⓘ

Isthmia → associatedWithDeity → Melicertes ⓘ

this entity surface form: Melikertes