(Μελικέρτης), a son of Athamas and Ino, was metamorphosed into a marine divinity, under the name of Palaemon. (Apollod. 1.9.5; comp. ATHAMAS, PALAEMON, and LEUCOTHEA.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890