or LEUCOTHEA, in fabulous history, the wife of Athamas, changed into a sea deity; see Ino. She was called Minerva by the Romans. She had a temple at Rome, where all the people, particularly women, offered vows for their brothers' children. They did not entreat the deity to protect their own children, because Ino had been unfortunate in hers. No female slaves were permitted to enter the temple; or if their curiosity tempted them to transgress this rule, they were beaten with the greatest severity. To this supplicating for other people's children, Ovid alludes in these lines,

Non tamen hanc pro filipe tua pia mater adorat, Ipse parum felix visa juvete parentis. Faf. vi.