Leucothoe

In Greek mythology, Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη) may refer to the following figures:

• Leucothoe, the Nereid of the sea's brine<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> and one of the fifty marine-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea Nereus and the Oceanid Doris.<ref>Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 1</ref><ref>Hyginus, Fabulae Preface</ref>
• Leucothea or Leucothoe, name of Ino after becoming a sea-deity.<ref>Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 3</ref><ref>Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.542; Propertius, Elegies 2.26A.10</ref>
• Leucothoe, a daughter of Orchamus loved by Helios.<ref>Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 2</ref><ref>Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.190 ff.</ref>

Other uses

• Leucothoe (plant), a genus in the family Ericaceae
• Leucothoe (crustacean), a genus of amphipod crustaceans
• Leucothoé, an early work by the Irish playwright Isaac Bickerstaffe
• Leucothoe (poem), a poem by Giovanni Pascoli

File:Apollo Caressing The Nymph Leucothea - Antoine Boizot.jpg

Painting of Apollo caressing the Nymph Leucothea, by French painter Antoine Boizot

References

• Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
• Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007. Template:ISBN.
• Ovid. Metamorphoses, Volume I: Books 1-8. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Revised by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library No. 42. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1977, first published 1916. Template:ISBN. Online version at Harvard University Press.
• Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. Template:ISBN.
• Propertius, Elegies Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 18. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1990. Online version at Harvard University Press.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
• Sextus Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.