Mĕlĭcerta and
Mĕlĭcerta and Mĕlĭcertes, ae, m., = 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 Palaemon, and by the Romans Portunus, Ov. M. 4, 522; cf. Verg. G. 1, 437; Ov. F. 6, 485 sq.; Pers. 5, 103.
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Headword (normalized):
mĕlĭcerta and
Headword (normalized/stripped):
melicerta and
Intro Text:
Mĕlĭcerta and Mĕlĭcertes, ae, m., = 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 Palaemon, and by the Romans Portunus, Ov. M. 4, 522; cf. Verg. G. 1, 437; Ov. F. 6, 485 sq.; Pers. 5, 103.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n28476
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