Greek Mythology
INO
King Athamas of Boeotia was married to Nephele, but left her for Ino, the daughter of Cadmus.Ino resented her stepchildren, Phrixusand Helle, and devise a plot to dispose of them.She lit a fire beneath the granary and dried up all the seeds so that they would not germinate, thereby causing a famine.When Athamas sent a messenger to oracle of Delphi to ask for a solution,Ino brided the messenger to say that Athamas should sacrifice Phrixus.
The king was about to kill his son when Hera sent golden ram to carry of his children. Although phrixus survivrd, Helle fell from the rams back and drowned in the sea, which was named the Hellespont ( now called the Dardanelles)after her.Nephele wanted Athamas punished, so according to some version of thr story , Hera sent one sent one of the furies to drive him and Ino mad.Later Athamas made Ino jump off a cliff into the sea, where she drowned.
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DIVINE JUSTICE
Hera was enraged at Athamas anf Ino and Nephele persisted in demanding they should be punished, so the goddess sent one of the furies, Tisiphone to torment the guilty couple.
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