PALAEMON


Meaning of PALAEMON in English

[Greek] A marine deity connected with Poseidon, and identified by the Romans with Portunes, god of harbors. He was originally Melicertes, son of Ino, and became a marine deity together with his mother when she cast herself with him into the sea.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.