# Ino — Metamorphoses character guide

> Ino in Metamorphoses by Ovid.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0036-transformation-of-ino-and-melicerta-to-sea-gods

## Who they are

Daughter of Cadmus turned into a sea goddess.

## Relationships

### [Io](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/io)

_family_

Ino and Io are sisters, with Ino often aiding Io in her trials.

### [Io](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/io)

_family_

Ino and Io are sisters, with Ino often aiding Io in her trials.

### [Io](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/characters/io)

_family_

Ino and Io are sisters, with Ino often aiding Io in her trials.

## In the story

### [Birth of Bacchus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/birth-of-bacchus)

Foster mother of Bacchus after his birth.

### [Death of Pentheus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/death-of-pentheus)

Pentheus's aunt who lops off one of his arms during the attack.

### [Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-ino-and-melicerta-to-sea-gods)

Proud Ino, nurse of Bacchus, is driven mad by Tisiphone's poison; she leaps from a cliff with her son Melicerta and is transformed into the sea goddess Leucothoe.

### [Transformation of the Theban Matrons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-the-theban-matrons)

The queen whose fate the matrons lament, though she does not appear directly in the excerpt.

### [Transformation of Galanthis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/metamorphoses_se/chapters/transformation-of-galanthis)

Mentioned as one of the Cadmeian matrons present during Alcmena's labor.

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