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Later, Ino raised Dionysus, her nephew, son of her sister Semele86 Semele is an asteroid. In Greek mythology, Semele ( Roman equivalent: Stimula), daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, was the mother of Dionysus (the Roman Bacchus) by Zeus. Zeus's wife, Hera, a jealous and vain goddess, discovered the affair while Semele w, causing HeraThis article is about the goddess. For the asteroid, see 103 Hera, and also 1 Ceres, which briefly bore the name Hera. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera the Great Goddess of pre- Hellene Minoan culture transmitted to the Greeks t's intense jealousy. In vengeance, HeraThis article is about the goddess. For the asteroid, see 103 Hera, and also 1 Ceres, which briefly bore the name Hera. In the Olympian pantheon of classical Greek Mythology, Hera the Great Goddess of pre- Hellene Minoan culture transmitted to the Greeks t struck Athamus with insanity. Athamas went mad, and slew one of his sons, Learchus; Ino, to escape the pursuit of her frenzied husband, threw herself into the sea with her son Melicertes. Both were afterwards worshipped as marine divinities, Ino as LeucotheaThere were two mortal women in Greek mythology named Leucothea # After the death of Queen Ino, Zeus turned her into a maritime goddess named Leucothea the white goddess . See Ino for more details. A mortal princess named Leucothea (or Leucothoe , daughter, Melicertes as Palaemon.

Athamas, with the guilt of his son's murder upon him, was obliged to flee from BoeotiaBoeotia ( Greek Βοιωτια) was a central area of ancient Greece. The main city was Thebes. Boeotia had significant political importance, owing to its position on the north shore of the Gulf of Corinth, extending westwa. He was ordered by the oracle to settle in a place where he should receive hospitality from wild beasts. This he found at Phthiotis in Thessaly, where he surprised some wolves eating sheep; on his approach they fled, leaving him the bones. Athamas, regarding this as the fulfilment of the oracle, settled there and married a third wife, Themisto (son: Schoeneus). The spot was afterwards called the Athamanian plain.

When Athamas returned to his second wife, Ino, Themisto sought revenge by dressing her children in white clothing and Ino's in black. Ino switched their clothes without Themisto knowing and she killed her own children.