Melicertes

God of Ports & Harbors, Patron of Sailors, Guardian of Ships, Protector of Livestock, Dionysus' Yearmate (Titles)
Ill-Fated Sailor God (Nickname)

## Biographical Information

### Place of Birth

Livadeia
Boeotia, Ancient Greece

### Place of Death

Salamis Island
Isthmus of Corinth (Burial Place)

### Religion

**Figure of Worship** (Minor God)* Ancient Greek Religion
* Ancient Roman Religions

### Employer

Atlantis (Poseidon)
Olympic Postal Services (Keruke)

### Residence

Crystal Grotto
Camp Fish-Blood
Poseidonis, Atlantis

## Organizational Information

### Affiliations

Poseidonis, Atlantis
Camp Fish-Blood (Resident Keruke)
Keruke (Member)
Olympic Postal Services
Minor Gods
Atlantean Gods
Greco-Roman Gods

### Divine Domains

Sea, Saltwater, Ports, Harbors, Gateways, Sailors, Ships, Watercrafts, Livestock

## Relationships

### Relatives

Zeus (Great-Great-Grandfather)
Ares (Great-Grandfather)
Aphrodite (Great-Grandmother)
Cadmus (Grandfather)
Harmonia (Grandmother)
Athamas (Father)
Ino (Mother)
Learchus (Older Brother)
Phrixus, Macistus, Schoeneus (Half-Brothers)
Helle (Half-Sister)

### Marital Status

Single
Friends with Benefits (Dionysus, Lover)

## Powers and Abilities

### Power Source

Divine Energy (Primarily)
Magic, Magical Energy (Secondary)

## Portrayals

### Voice Actor(s)

Motoko Kumai (Japanese)
Jason Liebrecht (English)

**Melicertes** is a legendary prince from Greco-Roman mythology. He is the son of the Boeotian king Athamas with the demigod Ino, daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia. After Hera discovered that Ino had been raising Dionysus in secret, she struck their family with madness and Melicertes died a brutal death.

Feeling guilty, Zeus transformed Ino and Melicertes into gods, with him becoming **Palaemon** or **Portunus**, with purviews over Ports and Safe Harbors. He's currently the resident Keruki of Camp Fish-Blood, as well as the Divination teacher.

## Summary: **Melicertes**

In Greek mythology, **Melicertes** is the son of Ino, daughter of Cadmus. He appeared for the first time in Euripides' Iphigeneia in Tauris, where he is already the "guardian of ships". The paramount identification in the Latin poets of the Augustan age is with **Portunus**, the Roman god of safe harbours.

When his mother, pursued by her husband Athamas, who had been driven mad by Hera because she 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, noted by Homer, 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 honor.

## Powers & Abilities

### Power-Ranking

* **CDI System**
	+ **Classification**: Class VII (Pagan God)
	+ **Description**: Deity
	+ **Identification**: Corporeal, Free-Roaming, Paranormal, Transdimensional, Telekinetic
* **P.O.W.E.R.S. Assessment**
	+ **Physicality**: 6 - Superb
	+ **Occult**: 5 - Master
	+ **Weaponry**: 4 - Expert
	+ **Expertise**: 3 - Exceptional
	+ **Range**: 4 - Enhanced
	+ **Strategy**: 3 - Trained
		- **Assessment**: Level 3 "Moderate Threat"