mythology Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη, from λευκός, "white", and θοός, "quick, swift") was a Babylonian princess. The daughter of Orchamus, a king of Persia...
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previous lover of Helios, consumed with jealousy, told Orchamus of his daughter's affair. So Orchamus, "fierce and merciless" buried Leucothoe alive. She...
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marine-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea Nereus and the Oceanid Doris. Leucothea or Leucothoe, name of Ino after becoming a sea-deity. Leucothoe, a daughter...
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Boswellia sacra (category Flora of Oman)
lover Clytie. In bitterness, Clytie gossiped to Leucothoe's father Orchamus, who buried his daughter alive. Helios arrived too late to save her, but not...
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Leucippus of Crete Leucippus of Messenia Leucippus of Sicyon Leucon Leuconoe (Attica) Leucopeus Leucothea Leucothoe (daughter of Orchamus) Leucothoe (mythology)...
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Clytie (Oceanid) (category Women of Helios)
treatment of her, and still missing him, she informed Leucothoe's father, King Orchamus, about the affair. Since Helios had defiled Leucothoe, Orchamus had...
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Eurynome (category Mortal parents of demigods in classical mythology)
Eurymede, daughter of King Nisus of Megara and mother of Bellerophon by Poseidon or Glaucus. Eurynome, mother by the Persian Orchamus of Leucothoe whom Helios...
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Belus (Assyrian) (section Father of Ninus)
sources mention either Orchamus or his daughters Leucothoe and Clytie. Nonnus in his Dionysiaca (18.5f) brings in King Staphylus of Assyria and his son Botrys...
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Helios (category Rape of Persephone)
Clytie, still in love with him, informed Leucothoe's father Orchamus of this affair, and he buried Leucothoe alive in the earth. Helios came too late...
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Metamorphoses in Greek mythology (category Deeds of Zeus)
collection of myths where the subjects are physically transformed, usually through either divine intervention or sorcery and spells. Similar themes of physical...
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