Melicertes

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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.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Melicertes canonical 12
Melikertes 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

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

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

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

Ino hasChild Melicertes
Ino accompaniedByInDeath Melicertes
Isthmia associatedWithDeity Melikertes
linked to: Melicertes
Learchus siblingOf Melicertes
Phrixus halfSibling Melicertes
Leucothea hasChildInMortalLife Melicertes
Leucothea motherOf Melicertes
Palaemon wasOriginally Melicertes
subject linked to: sea goddess Leucothea
Athamas father Melicertes
Athamas childWithIno Melicertes
Palaimon formerMortalName Melicertes
Palaimon transformedFrom Melicertes