Melia was also said to have been the mother, by Inachus, of
Mycene, the wife of
Arestor, and eponym of
Mycenae.[5] Melia was also perhaps considered to be the mother, by Inachus, of
Io,[6] the ancestress, by
Zeus, of the Greek dynasties of
Argos,
Thebes, and
Crete.[7]
The consort of
Apollo, who was an important cult figure at
Thebes, was also said to be a daughter of
Oceanus named
Melia.[8]
Notes
^Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 34.
ISBN9780786471119.
^Fowler, p. 236; Nostoi fr. 8* (West,
pp. 160, 161) = Scholiast on the Odyssey 2.120; compare with
Pausanias,
2.16.4, which, citing the Megalai Ehoiai, says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the wife of Arestor, without naming the mother. For other stories explaining the name of the city, see Fowler, p. 259.
^Tripp, s.v. Inachus, p. 318; Grimal, s.v. Io, p. 232.
Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013.
ISBN978-0198147411.
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN978-0-415-18636-0.
Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007.
ISBN978-0-87220-821-6.
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996,
ISBN9780631201021.
Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). June 2001.
ISBN978-0-19-512294-7
Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Melia was also said to have been the mother, by Inachus, of
Mycene, the wife of
Arestor, and eponym of
Mycenae.[5] Melia was also perhaps considered to be the mother, by Inachus, of
Io,[6] the ancestress, by
Zeus, of the Greek dynasties of
Argos,
Thebes, and
Crete.[7]
The consort of
Apollo, who was an important cult figure at
Thebes, was also said to be a daughter of
Oceanus named
Melia.[8]
Notes
^Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 34.
ISBN9780786471119.
^Fowler, p. 236; Nostoi fr. 8* (West,
pp. 160, 161) = Scholiast on the Odyssey 2.120; compare with
Pausanias,
2.16.4, which, citing the Megalai Ehoiai, says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the wife of Arestor, without naming the mother. For other stories explaining the name of the city, see Fowler, p. 259.
^Tripp, s.v. Inachus, p. 318; Grimal, s.v. Io, p. 232.
Apollodorus, Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Fowler, R. L. (2013), Early Greek Mythography: Volume 2: Commentary, Oxford University Press, 2013.
ISBN978-0198147411.
Hard, Robin, The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology", Psychology Press, 2004,
ISBN978-0-415-18636-0.
Hyginus, Gaius Julius, Fabulae in Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae: Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology, Translated, with Introductions by R. Scott Smith and Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Hackett Publishing Company, 2007.
ISBN978-0-87220-821-6.
Grimal, Pierre, The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, Wiley-Blackwell, 1996,
ISBN9780631201021.
Larson, Jennifer, "Greek Nymphs : Myth, Cult, Lore", Oxford University Press (US). June 2001.
ISBN978-0-19-512294-7
Pausanias, Pausanias Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, Massachusetts, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.