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In Greek mythology, Melia or Melie (Ancient Greek Μελία, Μελίη) was the name of several figures. 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.
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ME′LIA (Melia), a nymph, a daughter of Oceanus. She was carried off by Apollo, and became by him the mother of Ismenius (some call her own brother Ismenus, Schol. ad Pind. Pyth.xi. 5; Tzetz. ad Lyc. 1211), and of the seer Tenerus. She was worshipped in the Apollonian sanctuary, the Ismenium, near Thebes. (Paus. ix. 10. § 5, 26, § 1; Strab. p. 413. ...
Pindar, Pythian Ode 11 str1 - ant1 (trans. Conway) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) : "[In Thebes :] The shrine of Melia, to the treasure-house of golden tripods, the temple that above all others Apollon held in honour, and he named it the Ismenion (Ismenium), the seat of prophecy that known no lie." Pindar, Paean 9 (trans. Sandys) (Greek lyric C5th B.C.) :...
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1. Pindar, Odes - Greek Lyric C5th B.C. 2. Pindar, Fragments - Greek Lyric C5th B.C. 3. Strabo, Geography - Greek Geography C1st B.C. - C1st A.D. 4. Pausanias, Description of Greece - Greek Travelogue C2nd A.D.
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). They were the wives of the Silver Race of Man and mothers of the Bronze, the third generation of mankind.
Pleiades. Potamides. v. t. e. In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Melia ( Ancient Greek: Μελία), a daughter of the Titan Oceanus, was the consort of Apollo, and the mother, by Apollo, of the Theban hero and prophet Tenerus. She was also the mother (or sister) of Ismenus, god of the Theban river of the same name.
In Greek mythology Melia was the Oceanid- and Naiad-nymph of the spring or fountain of the main town of the Bebryces tribe of eastern Bithynia (north-western Anatolia). She was loved by the god Poseidon and bore him Amycus, first king of the Bebryces.
In Greek mythology, the Meliae (also called Meliads) ( / ˈmiːli.iː /; Ancient Greek: Μελίαι, romanized : Melíai or Μελιάδες, Meliádes) were usually considered to be the nymphs of the ash tree, whose name they shared. [1] Mythology.
Melia. 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.
