Melite
Melite ( Greek Μελίτη ) called
in Greek mythology:
- Melite (Okeanide) , playmate Persephones (Homer Hymns 2,419)
- Melite (Nereid) (Homer Iliad 18:42; Hesiod Theogony 247; Virgil Aeneid 5,825). She appears on Attic vases during the fight between Peleus and Thetis .
- Melite (Najade) , daughter of the river god Aegaios (Apollonios of Rhodos Argonautika 4.537ff)
- Melite (daughter of the arasino)
- Melite (Heroine) , a lover of Heracles, after whom the Attic Demos of the same name was named (Harpokration, sv Μελίτη)
- Melite (daughter of Hoples) , wife of Aigeus
in ancient geography:
- the island of Malta
- an island in the Adriatic Sea southeast of Korkyra, today Mljet
- a city in Thessaly, see Melitaia
- a city in Ionia, see Melia (city)
- an Athenian demos of the Phyle Kekropis, see Melite (Demos)
- a lake in Akarnania , see Melite (lake)
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