In Greek mythology, Melia or Melie ( Ancient Greek Μελία, Μελίη) was the name of several figures. [1] The name Melia comes from μελία, the ancient Greek word for ash-tree. [2] In the plural, the Meliae were a class of nymphs associated with trees, particularly ash-trees. Melia (consort of Apollo) Greek deities series Primordial deities Titans and Olympians Chthonic deities Personified concepts Water deities Amphitrite Ceto Glaucus Nereus Oceanus Phorcys Pontus Poseidon Potamoi Proteus Tethys Thetis Triton Nymphs Alseid Anthousai Auloniad Aurae Crinaeae Daphnaie Dryads Eleionomae Epimeliads Hamadryads Hesperides
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In Greek mythology, Melia or Melie ( Ancient Greek: Μελίη) was a Bithynian nymph, who was, by Poseidon, the mother of Amycus and Mygdon, both kings of the Bebryces. [1] MELIA - Theban Oceanid Nymph of Greek Mythology Greek Mythology >> Nymphs >> Oceanids >> Melia MELIA Greek Name Μελια Μελιη Transliteration Melia, Meliê Latin Spelling Melia Translation Sweet, Honey ( meli) Melia and the dragon-serpent at the Ismenian spring, Paestan red-figure krater C4th B.C., Musée du Louvre In Greek mythology, the Meliae (also called Meliads) ( / ˈmiːli.iː /; Ancient Greek: Μελίαι, Melíai or Μελιάδες, Meliádes) were usually considered to be the nymphs of the ash tree, whose name they shared. [1] Mythology Translation Honey-Sweet, Ash-Tree MELIA was the Melian-nymph of an ash-tree, or the Naiad-nymph of a spring, on the Lakonian peninsular of Malea (southern Greece). She was the mother by Seilenos (Silenus) of the kentauros Pholos (centaur Pholus) and, probably, the other Peloponnesian Kentauroi (Centaurs).
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Translation Honey-Sweet ( meli) MELIA was the Okeanid- and Naiad-nymph of the spring or fountain of the main town of the Bebrykes (Bebryces) tribe of eastern Bithynia (north-western Anatolia). She was loved by the god Poseidon and bore him Amykos (Amycus), first king of the Bebrykes. Honey-Sweet ( meli) MELIA was the Naiad-nymph of the spring or fountain of the main town of the Aegean island of Keos (Ceos). She was loved by the god Apollon and bore him Keos, the eponymous king of the island. Melia's name was derived from the Greek word meli "honey-sweet", an adjective often applied to the waters of a spring. Greek Mythology >> Nymphs >> Meliae (Meliai) MELIAI Greek Name ΜελιαΜελιαι Transliteration Melia, Meliai Latin Spelling Melia, Meliae Translation Of Ash-Trees, Of Honey THE MELIAI (Meliae) were the Oread - nymphs of mountain ash-tree, born of Gaia (Gaea, the Earth) when she was impregnated by the blood of the castrated Ouranos (Uranus, the Sky). In Greek mythology Melia was the Naiad-nymph of the main spring or fountain of the town of Cius in Bithynia (north-western Anatolia). She was loved by the old rustic-god Silenus and bore him Dolion--the eponymous founding-king of the Doliones tribe of western Bithynia.
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In Greek mythology, Melia is one of the Meliae, nymphs associated with ash trees, from which mankind was created. Melia is also the mother of several important mythological figures. Meliae and the Creation of Man The Meliae, including Melia, were born from the blood of the castrated sky god Uranus, Io, in Greek mythology, daughter of Inachus (the river god of Argos) and the Oceanid Melia. Under the name of Callithyia, Io was regarded as the first priestess of Hera, the wife of Zeus. Zeus fell in love with her and, to protect her from the wrath of Hera, changed her into a white heifer.
Melia. A nymph who was carried off by Apollo, and became by him the mother of Ismenius (some 1 call her own brother Ismenus), and of the seer Tenerus. She was worshiped in the Apollinian sanctuary, the Ismenium, near Thebes.. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly. Strabo. Geography, p. 413. In Greek mythology, Phoroneus ( / fəˈrɒn.juːs /; Ancient Greek: Φορωνεύς means 'bringer of a price' [1]) was a culture-hero of the Argolid, fire-bringer, [2] law giver, [3] and primordial king of Argos. Family
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The Ash Tree Nymphs or Meliae were created by the blood that fell on the earth when the Titan Cronus castrated his father Uranus, in his effort to overthrow him. Along with the Meliae, came out the Erinyes (the Furies) and the Giants. The mankind of the Age of Bronze originated from the Meliae. In Greek mythology, Melia or Melie (Ancient Greek Μελία, Μελίη) was the name of several figures. [1] The name Melia comes from μελία, the ancient Greek word for ash-tree. [2] In the plural, the Meliae were a class of nymphs associated with trees, particularly ash-trees.
