Melissa (disambiguation)

1. Melissa
   The name of a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey, and from whom bees were believed to have received their name.
   In: Greek mythology
2. Melissa
   That is, the soother or propitiator, a name applied to the priestesses of Demeter, Persephone, and of the Delphian Apollo.
   In: Greek people
3. Melissa
   The soother or propitiator, a surname of Artemis as the goddess of the moon, in which capacity she alleviates suffering.
   In: Greek mythology

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