\b0 Daughter of Cadmus and Harmonia, she was the sister of \b \cf4 \ATXht11906 Semele\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , \b \cf4 \ATXht10116 Agave\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , and Autonoδ and the mother of \b \cf4 \ATXht10105 Actaeon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . She was the second wife of \b \cf4 \ATXht10141 Athamas\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , who abandoned Nephele for her, and bore him Learchus and Melicertes. When \b \cf4 \ATXht3 Hera\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 sent down a terrible drought on the fields of Boeotia, Ino bribed the ambassadors her husband had sent to consult the oracle at \b \cf4 \ATXht10404 Delphi\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 to bring back a false response, claiming that the god
demanded the sacrifice of Phrixus and Helle, Athamas' sons by his first wife Nephele. The two children escaped from Greece riding on the back of the ram with the golden fleece. Athamas and Ino were driven mad by Hera. Athamas killed Learchus and Ino thr
ew herself into the sea with Melicertes. But the mother and child were changed into marine divinities called Leucothea and Palaemon.