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Leucothea
[ loo-koth-ee-uh ]
noun
- a sea goddess, the deified Ino, who gave Odysseus a veil as a float after a storm had destroyed his raft.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Leucothea1
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Example Sentences
If he girded himself with the consecrated veil of Leucothea, the Goddess of the calm, Neptune himself in wrath could not sink him.
Ino Leucothea, Ino the white Goddess, beholds him with pity in his extremity—she was once mortal herself but now is divine.
Two other minor deities of the sea were Leucothea and Palmon.
When he was in this plight, Ino daughter of Cadmus, also called Leucothea, saw him.
Leucothea was originally a mortal named Ino, daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes.
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