most versions of the story: baby Melikertes dies when his mother Ino, tries to escape the murderous fury of her husband, Athamas, by jumping into the sea from the White Rock, holding her son in her arms. The Nereids welcome her and she is deified as Leukothea, while the body of her son, Melikertes, is brought ashore at the Isthmus by a dolphin, where Sisyphos finds him, gives him a funeral and establishes the Isthmian Games in the honor of the boy, renamed Palaimon. Pindar is the earliest source to mention the ritual established by Sisyphos in honor of the dead child: AioAi'Bav Kaucpov

DOI link for most versions of the story: baby Melikertes dies when his mother Ino, tries to escape the murderous fury of her husband, Athamas, by jumping into the sea from the White Rock, holding her son in her arms. The Nereids welcome her and she is deified as Leukothea, while the body of her son, Melikertes, is brought ashore at the Isthmus by a dolphin, where Sisyphos finds him, gives him a funeral and establishes the Isthmian Games in the honor of the boy, renamed Palaimon. Pindar is the earliest source to mention the ritual established by Sisyphos in honor of the dead child: AioAi'Bav Kaucpov

most versions of the story: baby Melikertes dies when his mother Ino, tries to escape the murderous fury of her husband, Athamas, by jumping into the sea from the White Rock, holding her son in her arms. The Nereids welcome her and she is deified as Leukothea, while the body of her son, Melikertes, is brought ashore at the Isthmus by a dolphin, where Sisyphos finds him, gives him a funeral and establishes the Isthmian Games in the honor of the boy, renamed Palaimon. Pindar is the earliest source to mention the ritual established by Sisyphos in honor of the dead child: AioAi'Bav Kaucpov