noun

Mĕlĭcerta

gen. Mĕlĭcertae · gender masculine · decl. 1st

and , , , = Μελικέρτης

son of Ino and the Theban king Athamas. His mother, pursued by her husband in his madness, threw herself into the sea with Melicerta, who became a seagod, called by the Greeks; and by the Romans

son of Ino and the Theban king Athamas. His mother, pursued by her husband in his madness, threw herself into the sea with Melicerta, who became a seagod, called by the Greeks Palaemon, and by the Romans Portunus, Ov. M. 4, 522; cf. Verg. G. 1, 437; Ov. F. 6, 485 sq.; Pers. 5, 103.

Perseus ID: n28476 Key: Melicerta