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Melicertes

Melicertes
Prince of Boeotia
Sculpture in the Park of Versailles
depicting Ino and Melicertes
Other namesPalaemon
AbodeBoeotia
Genealogy
ParentsAthamas and Ino
SiblingsLearchus

In Greek mythology, Melicertes (Ancient Greek: Μελικέρτης, romanizedMelikértēs, sometimes Melecertes), later called Palaemon or Palaimon (Παλαίμων), was a Boeotian prince as the son of King Athamas and Ino, daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes. He was the brother of Learchus.[1]

  1. ^ Hyginus, Fabulae 1, 2 & 224

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