Melaina
In Greek mythology, Melaena or Melena /mɪˈliːnə/ (Ancient Greek: Μέλαινα, romanized: Mélaina, feminine Ancient Greek: μέλᾱς, romanized: mélās "black, dark"),[1] Melane /ˈmɛləniː/ (Koine Greek: Μελανή, romanized: Melanḗ) or Melanis[2] was a Corycian nymph, or member of the prophetic Thriae, of the springs of Delphi in Phocis.
Family
[edit]Melaena's father was one of the local river gods, either Kephisos or Pleistos of northern Boeotia.[3][4] In another account, she was called the daughter of King Hyamus of Hyampolis and Melanthea (Melantho), daughter of Deucalion. Her sister was called Celaeno.[2]
Melanis was loved by Apollo and bore him Delphos, eponym of Delphi.[citation needed]
Mythology
[edit]Melaina was often identified with Thyia who was also named as the mother of Delphos in other traditions.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). "Melanie". A Dictionary of First Names (2 ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198610601.001.0001. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1 – via Oxford Reference.
- 1 2 Scholia on Euripides, Orestes 1094
- ↑ Pausanias, 10.6.1
- ↑ Apollonius Rhodius, 2.710
- ↑ Pausanias, 10.6.4
References
[edit]- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica translated by Robert Cooper Seaton (1853-1915), R. C. Loeb Classical Library Volume 001. London, William Heinemann Ltd, 1912. Online version at the Topos Text Project.
- Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
- Pausanias, Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. ISBN 0-674-99328-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
- Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio. 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903. Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
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