In
Greek mythology, Melite (;
Ancient Greek: Μελίτη), daughter of
Apollo, or alternatively
Myrmex, was the
eponym of the
deme Melite in
Attica. According to a
scholiast on
Aristophanes, Melite was a lover of
Heracles who was initiated into the lesser mysteries during his stay in Attica; there was a temple of Heracles the Protector from Evil (''Alexikakos'') in the deme Melite. Heracles and Melite have been recognized in the figures portrayed alongside
Demeter
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Demeter (; Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over crops, grains, food, and the fertility of the earth. Although s ...
on the right half of the west pediment of the
Parthenon.
Melite was also said to have been a companion of
Poseidon.
[Scholia on Plato, ''Parmenides'' 1]
Notes
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Suida
The ''Suda'' or ''Souda'' (; grc-x-medieval, Σοῦδα, Soûda; la, Suidae Lexicon) is a large 10th-century Byzantine encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world, formerly attributed to an author called Soudas (Σούδας) or Souidas ...
, ''Suda Encyclopedia'' translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others
Online version at the Topos Text Project.*
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher
Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (12 February 1845, in Göttingen – 9 March 1923, in Dresden) was a German classical scholar. He specialized in studies of Greek and Roman mythology.
He received his education at the Universities of Göttingen and Leip ...
(ed.): ''Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie''. Band 2. 2 (L - M), Leipzig, 1894 - 1897, ss. 2643 - 2644, u. Melite 5)
Children of Apollo
Demigods in classical mythology
Women of Heracles
Women in Greek mythology
Attican characters in Greek mythology
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