Melicertes (sometimes Melecertes, later called Palaemon), in
Greek mythology, 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, 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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[Greek] God of harbors in Greek mythology, he was the son of Athamas and Ino, and the brother of Learchus. In order to save her son from her father, who had gone insane, Ino threw him into the sea, where he was transformed into the sea god, Palaemon. In memory of this event and in honor of the god, Sisyphus made the Isthmian Games. The legend of Melicertes is presented in the sources with many variations due to being passed down to one generation after another
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