Learchus

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Learchus is a figure in Greek mythology, the young son of Ino and Athamas who was tragically killed during his parents’ divinely induced madness.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Learchus canonical 5

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figure in Greek mythology ⓘ
mythological child ⓘ
appearsInSource Apollodorus' Bibliotheca ⓘ
Ovid's Metamorphoses ⓘ
associatedWithDeity Dionysus ⓘ
Hera ⓘ
causeOfDeath murder by his maddened father ⓘ
childOf Athamas ⓘ
Ino ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion and mythology ⓘ
ethnicity Greek ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
grandchildOf Cadmus ⓘ
Harmonia ⓘ
hasFather Athamas ⓘ
hasMother Ino ⓘ
hasMythType tragic child in royal house ⓘ
killedBy Athamas ⓘ
killedDuring divinely induced madness of his parents ⓘ
mythologicalLocation Boeotia ⓘ
Orchomenus ⓘ
mythologicalTheme divine punishment ⓘ
innocent child victim ⓘ
madness ⓘ
notableEvent thrown to his death by his father in madness ⓘ
relatedToMyth myth of Ino and Athamas ⓘ
persecution of Dionysus' caretakers ⓘ
siblingOf Melicertes ⓘ
timePeriod mythic age of Greek legend ⓘ
victimOf Hera's wrath against Ino and Athamas ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Ino → hasChild → Learchus ⓘ
Phrixus → halfSibling → Learchus ⓘ
Melicertes → sibling → Learchus ⓘ
Athamas → father → Learchus ⓘ
Athamas → childWithIno → Learchus ⓘ