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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. There were several other nymphs (or possible nymphs) named ...
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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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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. Melia was an important cult figure at Thebes.
In Greek mythology Melia was the Melian-nymph of an ash-tree, or the Naiad-nymph of a spring, on the Laconian peninsular of Malea (southern Greece). She was the mother by Silenus of the centaur Pholus and, probably, the other Peloponnesian Centaurs.
Mythology. According to Hesiod, the Meliae (probably meaning all tree-nymphs) were born from the drops of blood that fell on Gaia [Earth] when Cronus castrated Uranus. [2] In Hesiod's Works and Days, the ash trees, perhaps meaning the Melian nymphs, are said to have been the progenitors of the generation of men belonging to Hesiod's Bronze Age.
In Greek mythology the Meliae were the Oread-nymphs of mountain ash-trees, born of Gaea (Earth) when she was impregnated by the blood of the castrated Uranus (Sky). They were the wives of the Silver Race of Man and mothers of the Bronze, the third generation of mankind. They nursed their sons on the honey-sap (Greek meli) of the ash, and armed ...
Jun 2, 2023 · 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, after his son Cronus overthrew him.
