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In Greek mythology, Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη) may refer to the following figures:
- Leucothoe, the Nereid of the sea's brine[1] and one of the fifty marine-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.[2][3]
- Leucothea or Leucothoe, name of Ino after becoming a sea-deity.[4][5]
- Leucothoe, a daughter of Orchamus loved by Helios.[6][7]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 172. ISBN 9780786471119.
- ^ Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 1
- ^ Hyginus, Fabulae Preface
- ^ Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 3
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.542; Propertius, Elegies 2.26A.10
- ^ Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 2
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.190 ff.
References[edit]
- Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007. ISBN 978-0-87220-821-6.
- Ovid. Metamorphoses, Volume I: Books 1-8. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Revised by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library No. 42. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1977, first published 1916. ISBN 978-0-674-99046-3. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. ISBN 978-91-7081-062-6.
- Propertius, Elegies Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 18. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1990. Online version at Harvard University Press.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.
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