Ino Greek Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia; sister of Agave, Antonoë, and Semele; wife of Athamas.
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Ino Greek Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia; sister of Agave, Antonoë, and Semele; wife of Athamas. Ino was a moon goddess and a corn goddess. She is important in the legend of Jason and the Argonauts as the second wife of Athamas. Ino hated her stepson Phrixus, the firstborn of Athamas and Nephele. Ino, as a corn goddess, persuaded the women of Boeotia to roast the corn seeds secretly before sowing them, so that no new corn would grow from the dead seeds. She then bribed an oracle to tell Athamas that Phrixus must be sacrificed to the corn goddess to make the barren fields fertile. Terrified, Athamas agreed to the sacrifice. The winged ram that wore a Golden Fleece rescued Phrixus. Ino and her husband, Athamas, took care of the infant Dionysus (son of Ino's sister Semele), which earned them the gratitude of Zeus (father of Dionysus) but the wrath of Hera (wife of Zeus), who visited madness on both Ino and Athamas.
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