Lysithea (mythology)
Greek mythology figures with same name
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In Greek mythology, Lysithea (/laɪˈsiːθiə, lɪˈsɪθiə/; Ancient Greek: Λυσιθέα) or Lysithoe (Λυσιθόη) may refer to the following women:
- Lysithea, a daughter of Evenus and mother of Helenus by Zeus.[1] She may be the same or distinct with the below figure.
- Lysithoe, an Oceanid, as the daughter of the Titans Oceanus[2] and his sister-consort Tethys. She was also one of Zeus' many lovers and by him the mother of the first Heracles (out of seven).[3]
- Lysithea, another name of Semele, daughter of King Cadmus of Thebes and mother of Dionysus.[4][5]
