Melite

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The name Melite may refer to:

  • Melite, an ancient Greek colony located on present-day Malta, or a Greek reference to the island on which the ancient colony was located
  • Melite, name of several characters in Greek mythology:
    • Melite, one of the Oceanids
    • Melite, one of the Nereids
    • Melite (naiad), one of the naiads, daughter of the river god Aegaeus, and one of the many loves of Zeus and his son Heracles. Her son was Hyllus.
    • Melite, one of the four daughters of Erasinus that became followers of Britomartis
    • Melite or Meta, the first wife of Aegeus
    • Melite (heroine), eponym of a deme in Attica
    • Melite, one of the seven girls sent to Minotaur

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