Learchus
Sign in to savethumb|The Insane Athamas Killing Learchus, While Ino and Melicertor Jump into the Sea by Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam), Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555–1630) at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles|left In Greek mythology, Learchus (Ancient Greek: Λέαρχος) or Learches was the son of King Athamas and Ino, daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes. He was the brother of Melicertes.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Greek
- Deity.name
- Learchus
- Deity.deity_of
- Prince of Boeotia
- Deity.image
- Atamante preso dalle Furie 0014.jpg
- Deity.caption
- Atamante preso dalle Furie by Arcangelo Migliarini (1801) at Roma, Accademia di San Luca
- Deity.other_names
- Learches
- Deity.abode
- Boeotia
- Deity.parents
- Athamas and Ino
- Deity.siblings
- Melicertes
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thumb|The Insane Athamas Killing Learchus, While Ino and Melicertor Jump into the Sea by Wilhelm Janson (Holland, Amsterdam), Antonio Tempesta (Italy, Florence, 1555–1630) at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles|left In Greek mythology, Learchus (Ancient Greek: Λέαρχος) or Learches was the son of King Athamas and Ino, daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes. He was the brother of Melicertes.
==Mythology== The story of Learchus is part of the Theban Cycle which was elaborated by Ovid in his Metamorphoses. He was killed as a boy by his father, Athamas, whom Hera drove insane as punishment for having received and raised Dionysus, the illegitimate son of Zeus and Semele, Ino's sister.