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Focus On: (35) Leukothea

Leukothea was born a mortal princess named Ino. Along with Athamas, her husband, she incurred the wrath of Hera for fostering the infant Dionysos. As punishment, Hera drove Athamas into a murderous rage, in which he killed his eldest child. Ino took the other, and leapt off a cliff into the sea. Both became sea gods.

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