In Greek mythology, Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη) may refer to the following figures:
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Leucothoe, the Nereids of the sea's brine
and one of the fifty marine-nymph daughters of the Old Man of the Sea Nereus and the Oceanids Doris.[Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 1][Hyginus, Fabulae Preface]
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Leucothea or Leucothoe, name of Ino after becoming a sea-deity.
[Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 3][Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.542; Propertius, Elegies 2.26A.10]
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Leucothoe, a daughter of Orchamus loved by Helios.
[Parada, s.v. Lecothoe 2][Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.190 ff.]
Other uses
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Leucothoe (plant), a genus in the family Ericaceae
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Leucothoe (crustacean), a genus of amphipod crustaceans
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Leucothoé, an early work by the Irish playwright Isaac Bickerstaffe
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Leucothoe (poem), a poem by Giovanni Pascoli
Notes
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Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
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Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae : Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007. .
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Ovid. Metamorphoses, Volume I: Books 1-8. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Revised by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library No. 42. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1977, first published 1916. . Online version at Harvard University Press.
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Parada, Carlos, Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, Jonsered, Paul Åströms Förlag, 1993. .
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Propertius, Elegies Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 18. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1990. Online version at Harvard University Press.
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Ovid, Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859–1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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Propertius, Elegies from Charm. Vincent Katz. trans. Los Angeles. Sun & Moon Press. 1995. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Latin text available at the same website.