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History, Mythology

Melicertes or Palaemon

Mythology
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Peloponnese
Korinthia
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In Greek mythology, Melicertes (later called Palaemon) is the son of the Boeotian prince Athamas and Ino, daughter of Cadmus.

Ino, pursued by her husband, who had been driven mad by Hera because Ino had brought up the infant Dionysus, threw herself and Melicertes into the sea from a high rock between Megara and Corinth, Both were changed into marine deities: Ino as Leucothea, noted by Homer,[1] Melicertes as Palaemon. The body of the latter was carried by a dolphin to the Isthmus of Corinth and deposited under a pine tree. Here it was found by his uncle Sisyphus, who had it removed to Corinth, and by command of the Nereids instituted the Isthmian Games and sacrifices in his honour.

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Ελληνικά

Στην αρχαία ελληνική μυθολογία ο Παλαίμων ή Παλαίμονας ήταν ήρωας-θεός, γιος της Ινούς (Λευκοθέας), που αρχικώς ονομαζόταν Μελικέρτης. Μετά την πτώση της Ινούς και του γιού της στη θάλασσα, ο Μελικέρτης έγινε θαλάσσιος θεός και έλαβε το όνομα Παλαίμων.

Για να τιμήσει τον Παλαίμονα, ο Σίσυφος, βασιλιάς της Κορίνθου, καθιέρωσε τους γνωστούς κατά την αρχαιότητα αγώνες «Ίσθμια» και έχτισε ναό του. Σε κορινθιακά νομίσματα ο Παλαίμονας εμφανίζεται με τη μορφή ενός παιδιού που βρίσκεται πάνω σε ένα δελφίνι.

Αιώνες αργότερα, οι Ρωμαίοι ταύτισαν τον Παλαίμονα με τον θεό Portunus και τον λάτρευαν ως προστάτη των ναυτικών.

Πηγή: Από τη Βικιπαίδεια, την ελεύθερη εγκυκλοπαίδεια

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Palaemon riding a dolphin, Roman mosaic C5th A.D., Antakya Museum

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