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'''Ino''' was a mortal queen in [[Greek mythology]], second wife of [[Athamas]] and mother of [[Learches]] and [[Melicertes]], daughter of [[Cadmus]] and [[Harmonia (Greek_goddess)|Harmonia]] and stepmother of [[Phrixus]] and [[Helle]].

Phrixus and Helle, twin children of Athamus and [[Nephele]], were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the towns crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Athamus reluctantly agreed. Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram into the [[Hellespont]] (which was named after her, meaning ''Sea of Helle'') and drowned, but Phrixus survived all the way to [[Colchis]], where King [[Aeetes]] took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter, [[Chalciope]], in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the [[golden fleece]] of the ram, which Aeetes hung in a tree in his kingdom.

Later, Ino raised [[Dionysus]], her nephew, son of her sister [[Semele]], causing [[Hera]]'s intense jealousy. In vengeance, [[Hera]] struck [[Athamus]] with insanity. Athamas went mad, and slew one of his sons, [[Learchus]], thinking he was a ram; Ino, to escape the pursuit of her frenzied husband, threw herself into the sea with her son [[Melicertes]]. Both were afterwards worshipped as marine divinities, Ino as [[Leucothea]] ("the white goddess"), Melicertes as [[Palaemon]]. Alternatively, Ino was also stricken with insanity and killed Melicertes by boiling him in a cauldron, then took the cauldron and jumped into the sea with it. A sympathetic [[Zeus]] didn't want Ino to die, being grateful for her having raised his son [[Dionysus]], and turned her and Melicertes into Leucothea and Palaemon, respectively.

The story of Ino, [[Athamas]] and [[Melicertes]] is relevant also in the context of two larger themes. Ino, daughter of [[Cadmus]] and [[Harmonia (Greek_goddess)|Harmonia]], had an end just as tragic as her siblings: [[Semele]] died while pregnant with [[Zeus]]' child, killed by her own pride and lack of trust in her lover; [[Agave]] killed her own son, King [[Pentheus]] while struck with Dionysian madness and [[Actaeon]], son of [[Autonoe]], the third sibling, was torn apart by his own hunting dogs. Also, the insanity of Ino and Athamus can be explained as a result of their contact with Dionysus, whose presence can cause insanity. None can escape the powers of Dionysus, the god of wine.

When Athamas returned to his second wife, Ino, [[Themisto]] (his third wife) sought revenge by dressing her children in white clothing and Ino's in black. Ino switched their clothes without Themisto knowing and she killed her own children.

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 '''Ino''' was a mortal queen in [[Greek mythology]], second wife of [[Athamas]] and mother of [[Learches]] and [[Melicertes]], daughter of [[Cadmus]] and [[Harmonia (Greek_goddess)|Harmonia]] and stepmother of [[Phrixus]] and [[Helle]].
-Phrixus and Helle, twin children of Athamus and [[Nephele]], were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the towns crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Athamus reluctantly agreed. Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram into the [[Hellespont]] (which was named after her, meaning ''Sea of Helle'') and drowned, but Phrixus survived all the way to [[Colchis]], where King [[Aeetes]] took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter, [[Chalciope]], in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the [[golden fleece]] of the ram, which Aeetes hung in a tree in his kingdom.
+Phrixus and Helle, twin children of Athamas and [[Nephele]], were hated by their stepmother, Ino. Ino hatched a devious plot to get rid of the twins, roasting all the towns crop seeds so they would not grow. The local farmers, frightened of famine, asked a nearby oracle for assistance. Ino bribed the men sent to the oracle to lie and tell the others that the oracle required the sacrifice of Phrixus. Athamas reluctantly agreed. Before he was killed though, Phrixus and Helle were rescued by a flying golden ram sent by Nephele, their natural mother. Helle fell off the ram into the [[Hellespont]] (which was named after her, meaning ''Sea of Helle'') and drowned, but Phrixus survived all the way to [[Colchis]], where King [[Aeetes]] took him in and treated him kindly, giving Phrixus his daughter, [[Chalciope]], in marriage. In gratitude, Phrixus gave the king the [[golden fleece]] of the ram, which Aeetes hung in a tree in his kingdom.
-Later, Ino raised [[Dionysus]], her nephew, son of her sister [[Semele]], causing [[Hera]]'s intense jealousy. In vengeance, [[Hera]] struck [[Athamus]] with insanity. Athamas went mad, and slew one of his sons, [[Learchus]], thinking he was a ram; Ino, to escape the pursuit of her frenzied husband, threw herself into the sea with her son [[Melicertes]]. Both were afterwards worshipped as marine divinities, Ino as [[Leucothea]] ("the white goddess"), Melicertes as [[Palaemon]].  Alternatively, Ino was also stricken with insanity and killed Melicertes by boiling him in a cauldron, then took the cauldron and jumped into the sea with it.  A sympathetic [[Zeus]] didn't want Ino to die, being grateful for her having raised his son [[Dionysus]], and turned her and Melicertes into Leucothea and Palaemon, respectively.
+Later, Ino raised [[Dionysus]], her nephew, son of her sister [[Semele]], causing [[Hera]]'s intense jealousy. In vengeance, [[Hera]] struck [[Athamas]] with insanity. Athamas went mad, and slew one of his sons, [[Learchus]], thinking he was a ram; Ino, to escape the pursuit of her frenzied husband, threw herself into the sea with her son [[Melicertes]]. Both were afterwards worshipped as marine divinities, Ino as [[Leucothea]] ("the white goddess"), Melicertes as [[Palaemon]].  Alternatively, Ino was also stricken with insanity and killed Melicertes by boiling him in a cauldron, then took the cauldron and jumped into the sea with it.  A sympathetic [[Zeus]] didn't want Ino to die, being grateful for her having raised his son [[Dionysus]], and turned her and Melicertes into Leucothea and Palaemon, respectively.
-The story of Ino, [[Athamas]] and [[Melicertes]] is relevant also in the context of two larger themes.  Ino, daughter of [[Cadmus]] and [[Harmonia (Greek_goddess)|Harmonia]], had an end just as tragic as her siblings: [[Semele]] died while pregnant with [[Zeus]]' child, killed by her own pride and lack of trust in her lover; [[Agave]] killed her own son, King [[Pentheus]] while struck with Dionysian madness and [[Actaeon]], son of [[Autonoe]], the third sibling, was torn apart by his own hunting dogs.  Also, the insanity of Ino and Athamus can be explained as a result of their contact with Dionysus, whose presence can cause insanity.  None can escape the powers of Dionysus, the god of wine.
+The story of Ino, [[Athamas]] and [[Melicertes]] is relevant also in the context of two larger themes.  Ino, daughter of [[Cadmus]] and [[Harmonia (Greek_goddess)|Harmonia]], had an end just as tragic as her siblings: [[Semele]] died while pregnant with [[Zeus]]' child, killed by her own pride and lack of trust in her lover; [[Agave]] killed her own son, King [[Pentheus]] while struck with Dionysian madness and [[Actaeon]], son of [[Autonoe]], the third sibling, was torn apart by his own hunting dogs.  Also, the insanity of Ino and Athamas can be explained as a result of their contact with Dionysus, whose presence can cause insanity.  None can escape the powers of Dionysus, the god of wine.
 When Athamas returned to his second wife, Ino, [[Themisto]] (his third wife) sought revenge by dressing her children in white clothing and Ino's in black.  Ino switched their clothes without Themisto knowing and she killed her own children.

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