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 ⓘ