Lelante

Greek mythological figure

Not to be confused with Lelantos.

Fictional character

Lelante

In-universe information
Gender| Female
Title| Queen
Significant other| Munichus
Children|

* Alcander, Megaletor, Philaeus (sons)
* Hyperippe (daughter)

Birthplace| Molossia

In Greek mythology, Lelante (Ancient Greek: Ληλάντη, romanized: Lēlántē) is a minor figure, a queen of the Molossians, who was transformed into a bird by the will of Zeus, the god of justice, in order to escape a fiery death.

## Family

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She was the wife of the Molossian king Munichus and the mother by him of three sons, Philaeus, Alcander and Megaletor, and of a daughter Hyperippe.[1]

## Mythology

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The entire family was seen as just and righteous and therefore especially favored by the gods. One day raiders attacked them in the fields; the family ran off to their house and began to throw various objects at them in self-defense, whereupon the offenders set the house ablaze. The god of justice, Zeus would not let the just family suffer such a cruel and undeserving death, so he changed them all six of them into various birds; Lelante became a green woodpecker.[2][1][3]

## See also

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* mythology portal
* ancient Greece portal

* Artemiche
* Erodius
* Hippodamia

## References

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1. ^ a b Antoninus Liberalis, 14
2. ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 13.717
3. ^ Celoria 1992, p. 14.

## Bibliography

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* Antoninus Liberalis, The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). Online version at the Topos Text Project.
* Celoria, Francis (1992). The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis: A Translation with a Commentary. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-06896-7.
* Ovid, Metamorphoses, Volume II: Books 9-15. Translated by Frank Justus Miller. Revised by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 43\. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1916.

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Animals|

| Avian|

* Abas
* Acanthis
* Acanthus
* Acmon
* Aëdon
* Aegolius
* Aegypius
* Aëtos
* Aesacus
* Agrius and Oreius
* Agron
* Alcander
* Alcyone
* Alcyone and Ceyx
* Alcyonides
* Alectryon
* Anthus
* Antigone
* Argus
* Arne Sithonis
* Artemiche
* Ascalaphus
* Asteria
* Autonous
* Botres
* Bulis
* Byssa
* Caeneus
* Celeus
* Cerberus
* Chelidon
* Cinyras
* Clinis
* Combe
* Corone
* Ctesylla
* Cycnus (son of Apollo)
* Cycnus (son of Ares)
* Cycnus (son of Poseidon)
* Cycnus (son of Sthenelus)
* Daedalion
* Erinoma
* Erodius
* Eumelus
* Gerana
* Harmothoë
* Harpalyce
* Harpasus
* Harpe
* Hierax
* Hippodamia
* Hyperippe
* Hyria
* Ictinus
* Idas
* Ino
* Itys
* Iynx
* Laius
* Lelante
* Lycius
* Lycus
* Megaletor
* Meleagrids
* Memnonides
* Meropis
* Merops
* Minyades
* Munichus
* Neophron
* Nisus
* Nyctaea
* Nyctimene
* Oenoe
* Oenotropae
* Ortygius
* Pandareus
* Pelia
* Perdix
* Periphas
* Peristera
* Picus
* Pierides
* Phene
* Philaeus
* Philomela
* Pleiades
* Polyphonte
* Polytechnus
* Procne
* Rhexenor
* Schoeneus
* Scylla
* Tereus
* Timandra

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Non-avian|

* Abas
* Actaeon
* Arachne
* Arcas
* Arge
* Aristaeus
* Ascalabus
* Atalanta
* Cadmus
* Calchus
* Callisto
* Cephissus
* Cerambus
* Cercopes
* Chelone
* Circe
* Curetes
* Cynosura
* Galanthis
* Gale
* Harmonia
* Hecuba
* Helice
* Hippomenes
* Io
* Lycaon
* Lycian peasants
* Lyncus
* Megisto
* Melanippe
* Melian nymphs
* Melissa
* Minyades
* Myia
* Myrmex
* Naïs
* Nerites
* Ocyrhoe
* Odysseus
* Pentheus
* Phalanx
* Phineus
* Phoenice
* Pompilus
* Taygete
* Theophane
* Tiresias
* Titanis
* Tithonus
* Tyrrhenian pirates
* Aethalides
* Alcimedon
* Dictys
* Epopeus
* Melas
* Medon
* Opheltes

Base appearance|

* Achilles
* Antigone
* Charybdis
* Lamia
* Medusa
* Midas
* Mulberry fruit
* Phaon
* Scylla
* Sirens
* White raven

Humanoids|

* Arne
* Calliste
* Cymodoce
* Cephalus' wife
* Galatea
* Leleges
* Myrmidons
* Nephele
* Spartoi
* Weasel

Inanimate objects|

* Aconteus
* Aglaurus
* Alcmene
* Anaxarete
* Ariadne
* Arsinoë
* Aspalis
* Battus
* Britomartis
* Calydon
* Cercopes
* Cragaleus
* Daphnis
* Iodame
* Laelaps
* Lethaea
* Lyco and Orphe
* Olenus
* Pallas
* Pandareus
* Phineus
* Polydectes
* Proetus
* Propoetides
* Pyrrhus
* Teumessian fox
* Wolf

Landforms|

* Achelous
* Acheron
* Acis
* Aea
* Alope
* Alpheus
* Arethusa (Boeotia)
* Arethusa (Elis)
* Asteria
* Atlas
* Aura
* Byblis
* Calliste
* Castalia
* Chione
* Cleite
* Comaetho
* Cyane
* Dirce
* Haemus
* Lichas
* Lilaeus
* Manto
* Marsyas
* Menippe and Metioche
* Niobe
* Perimele
* Pirene
* Pyramus and Thisbe
* Rhodope
* Rhodopis
* Sangas
* Selemnus
* Sybaris

Opposite sex|

* Caeneus
* Hermaphroditus
* Iphis
* Leucippus
* Salmacis
* Siproites
* Sithon
* Tiresias

Plants|

* Adonis
* Agdistis
* Ajax
* Amaracus
* Ambrosia
* Ampelus
* Anethus
* Attis
* Baucis and Philemon
* Carpus
* Carya
* Cissus
* Clytie
* Crocus
* Cyparissus
* Daphne
* Diopatra
* Dryope
* Elaea
* Elate
* Eteocleides
* Heliades
* Aegle
* Dioxippe
* Lampetia
* Merope
* Phaethusa
* Phoebe
* Hesperides
* Aegle
* Erytheia
* Hyacinthus
* Kalamos
* Leuce
* Leucothoe
* Libanus
* Lotis
* Lycurgus
* Mecon
* Melos
* Messapians
* Milk
* Minthe
* Myrice
* Myrina
* Myrsine
* Narcissus
* Oechalides
* Philyra
* Phyllis
* Picolous
* Pitys
* Platanus
* Psalacantha
* Saliva
* Side
* Smilax
* Smyrna
* Spear
* Syceus
* Syrinx

Voluntary|

* Greek gods
* Kobalos
* Mestra
* Periclymenus

Other|

* Cumaean Sibyl
* Echo
* Hyades
* Hylas
* Milk of Hera
* Pleiades

False myths|

* Acantha
* Amethyste
* Orchis
* Rhodanthe

* Metamorphoses

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