Leucothea

[ loo-koth-ee-uh ]

/ luˈkɒθ i ə /

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noun Classical Mythology.

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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Origin of Leucothea

<Greek: literally, the white goddess

If he girded himself with the consecrated veil of Leucothea, the Goddess of the calm, Neptune himself in wrath could not sink him.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
Ino Leucothea, Ino the white Goddess, beholds him with pity in his extremity—she was once mortal herself but now is divine.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
Two other minor deities of the sea were Leucothea and Palmon.
Stories of Old Greece and Rome|Emilie Kip Baker
When he was in this plight, Ino daughter of Cadmus, also called Leucothea, saw him.
The Odyssey|Homer

Leucothea was originally a mortal named Ino, daughter of Cadmus, king of Thebes.
Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome|E.M. Berens