Ino (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Ino ( EYE-noh; Ancient Greek: Ἰνώ [iːnɔ̌ː]) was a Theban princess who later became a queen of Boeotia. Ino was the daughter of Cadmus, the legendary founder of Thebes, and the goddess Harmonia. Through her sister Semele, she was the aunt of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. After her death and transfiguration, she was worshiped as a goddess under her epithet Leucothea, the "white goddess." Alcman called her "Queen of the Sea" (Ancient Greek: θαλασσομέδουσα, romanized: thalassomédousa), which, if not hyperbole, would make her a goddess parallel to Amphitrite.

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