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  Leucothea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Greek mythology, Leucothea (Greek Leukothea, the "White Goddess") was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized.
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.
Leucothea is The White Goddess of Robert Graves.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leucothea   (399 words)

  
 Wilson Vineyard | NEWS AND TRIVIA FILE - Classic Clippings
Leucothea is a wine that I describe as definitely a right-brain wine.
Leucothea is aged for about four years in small oak casks.
Quantities of Leucothea are quite small, although there will be more released in future years.
www.wilsonvineyard.com.au /newsletters/classic_clippings/pruning/pruning96.html   (657 words)

  
 Leucothea: bio and encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
There, the woman who plunged into the sea and became Leucothea was Halia ("of the sea"), a local nymph (nymph: (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden) and one of the aboriginal Telchines (Telchines: in greek mythology, the telchines were the original inhabitants of the island of rhodes,...
In the Odyssey (Odyssey: A long wandering and eventful journey) 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.
Leucothea is The White Goddess (The White Goddess: the author and poet robert graves study of the nature of poetic myth-making, the white...
www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/leucothea   (689 words)

  
 Apollo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Daphne prayed to the river god Peneus to help her and he changed her into a laurel tree, which became sacred to Apollo.
Apollo had an affair with a mortal princess named Leucothea, daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia.
Leucothea loved Apollo who disguised himself as Leucothea's mother to gain entrance to her chambers.
www.icyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ap/apollo.html   (2684 words)

  
 Chapter Leontes <i>to</i> Levites of L by Brewer's Readers Handbook
Leucothea, onc e called &#147;Ino.”; Athamas son of Ælus had by her two sons, one of whom was named Melicertês.
Athamas being driven mad, Ino and Melicertês threw themselves into the sea; Ino became Leucothea, and Melicertês became Palæmon or Portumnus the god of ports or strands.
Leucothea means the “white goddess,”; and is used for “Matuta” or the dawn, which precedes sunrise, i.e.
www.bibliomania.com /2/3/174/1122/14800/3.html   (246 words)

  
 Megara, Greek Mythology Link.
They also claim that they were the first to name her Leucothea, and to offer her sacrifice every year.
Ino, a daughter of Cadmus, the founder of Thebes, was originally a mortal woman, but now lives in the depths of the sea, being called Leucothea or Leucothoe 3.
So Athamas 1 hunted his son Learchus as if he were a deer and killed him, and Ino killed her son Melicertes: she threw him into a boiling cauldron, and carrying it with the dead child, cast herself into the sea.
homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Megara.html   (1558 words)

  
 Moonmilk: urth archives v0302/2902.txt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
From: "Andrew Bollen" Subject: Re: (urth) DOORS: perhaps the last note thereon, this round Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 11:43:30 +1100 Mantis wrote: > LEUCOTHEA > One of Lara's names is "Leucothea Fitzhugh Hurst" (276).
The Centaurs' mother goddess was called, in > Greek, Leucothea, 'the White Goddess'.
"Leucothea" was also the name of one of the Sirens.
www.urth.net /urth/archives/v0302/2902.txt.shtml   (119 words)

  
 Leucothea
In Greek mythology, Leucothea (Leukothea)(Greek the "White Goddess") was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized.
There was also a mortal woman in Greek mythology named Leucothoë;: a mortal princess, daughter of Orchamus and sister of Clytia, Leucothoë; loved Apollo, who disguised himself as Leucothea's mother to gain entrance to her chambers.
Within the sanctuary of Poseidon at Isthmia, Pausanias saw a temple of Palaemon, "with images in it of Poseidon, Leucothea and Palaemon himself".
www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Mythology/Leucothea.html   (437 words)

  
 Jellies Sightings - Jellyfish & Other Gelatinous Zooplankton
Calm, clear water during fall and winter months are the prime times to find the lobate species Leucothea pulchra and Bolinopsis infundibulum, and this day was true to form.
Leucothea were scattered throughout surface waters of Carmel Bay (including the kelp forest at the Pinnacles), and with their large size (up to 20 cm) were easily visible from a boat.
Along with Leucothea, numerous large Bolinopsis (10 to 12 cm) fed on the dense aggregations of large copepods that were concentrated in the slick.
jellieszone.com /jelliesightings1999.htm   (3005 words)

  
 Leucothea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Careful observation is required anytime you get close to Leucothea while diving - its delicate tissue is easily destroyed.
A pair of long secondary tentacles trails from the mouth area.
Leucothea is an infrequent visitor to Monterey Bay during fall and winter months, and may be found south to the Sea of Cortez.
jellieszone.com /leucothea.htm   (188 words)

  
 Athamas - Acadine Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He, however, intrigued with Ino, and for this was punished with madness by the goddess and his infuriĀ­ated spouse.
In this state he slew his son Learchus, and in despair at this act Ino threw herself into the sea with her other child, Melicertes, who with her mother became a sea-goddess, Ino becoming Leucothea, and Melicertes Palaemon.
Athamas after the murder of his son fled to Thessaly.
www.acadine.org /index.php/Athamas   (128 words)

  
 [Cnidaria] Leucothea on display   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Hi Andy, Are the Leucothea on display now?
Jaci -----Original Message----- From: Andy Case Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 9:06 AM To: cnidaria@uci.edu Subject: [Cnidaria] Leucothea on display Hi all, Sorry for the ctenophore posting on Cnidaria but in the spirit of gelatinous-related news, I wanted the share the following.
We have several, softball-sized Leucothea pulchra on display right now here at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
maillists.uci.edu /mailman/public/cnidaria/2002-November/000324.html   (273 words)

  
 CALL-OF-THE-SEA.COM -- Sea Gods and Goddesses
Ino, the daughter of Cadmus and wife of Athamas, flying from her frantic husband with her little son Melicertes in her arms, sprang from a cliff into the sea.
The gods, out of compassion, make her a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and him a god, under that of Palaemon.
Both were held powerful to save from shipwreck and were invoked by sailors.
www.call-of-the-sea.com /menu_gods.htm   (525 words)

  
 CDNN :: Beautiful White Spectacle - Leucothea Pulchra   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
CDNN :: Beautiful White Spectacle - Leucothea Pulchra
That's the English translation of "Leucothea pulchra," the scientific name for an animal more commonly known as a spotted comb jelly, only found in the Pacific Ocean between Central California and the Sea of Cortez, and only around this time of year.
Actually, Widmer saw a bunch of the jellies.
www.cdnn.info /news/eco/e051206a.html   (897 words)

  
 Ino
She plotted to kill her stepchildren, Phrixus and Helle, but their mother, Nephele, saved them with the help of a winged ram (see
Later, when Athamas went mad and killed Learchus, Ino and Melicertes leaped into the sea to their deaths and were changed into sea deities, Leucothea and Palaemon.
Leucothea - Leucothea, in Greek mythology, sea deity.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/ent/A0825267.html   (131 words)

  
 Mythology Guide - Leucothea dnd Palaemon
Greek and Roman Mythology > Leucothea dnd Palaemon
made her a goddess of the sea, under the name of Leucothea, and
Was ripe old age, and rather sleep than death."
www.online-mythology.com /leucothea_palaemon   (138 words)

  
 Leucothea - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=LEUCOTHEA&enc=28040   (173 words)

  
 Advanced notes for Ulysses (ch11 Sirens)
Odyssey: Circe's advice, adventure (just 5 short pars) also Book V Leucothea
Joyce unifies the siren Leucothea with the (pitying) punster of Homer's Book V [allusion]
if Mina is Leucothea, then this must correspond to Leucothea's pun on 'Odysseus' in Book V [allusion]
www.robotwisdom.com /jaj/ulysses/notes11.html   (3881 words)

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