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 Leucippus (Greek, Leukippos).Leuh. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Leucoth’ea [White Goddess].
 
So Ino was called after she became a seanymph. Her son Palæmon, called by the Romans Portu’nus, or Portumnus, was the protecting genius of harbours.   1
       
“By Leucothea’s lovely hands,
And her son who rules the strands!”
       
Milton: Comus, 896–7.
 


 Leucippus (Greek, Leukippos).Leuh. 

 
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