Melite (heroine)

In Greek mythology, Melite (/ˈmɛlɪtiː/; Ancient Greek: Μελίτη), daughter of Apollo, or alternatively Myrmex, was the eponym of the deme Melite in Attica.^[1] 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.^[2] Heracles and Melite have been recognized in the figures portrayed alongside Demeter on the right half of the west pediment of the Parthenon.^[3]

Melite was also said to have been a companion of Poseidon.^[4]

^ Harpocration s.v. Melite (= Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, 1. 396, frg. 74), Photius, Lexicon s.v. Melite; Suida, Suda Encyclopedia s.v. Melite, with references to Hesiod and Musaeus
^ Scholia on Aristophanes, Frogs 501
^ Roscher, s. 2644
^ Scholia on Plato, Parmenides 1

[1] Harpocration s.v. Melite (= Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, 1. 396, frg. 74), Photius, Lexicon s.v. Melite; Suida, Suda Encyclopedia s.v. Melite, with references to Hesiod and Musaeus

[2] Scholia on Aristophanes, Frogs 501

[3] Roscher, s. 2644

[4] Scholia on Plato, Parmenides 1

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