Melantho

A daughter of Dolius, and sister of Melanthius. She was a slave in the house of Odysseus; and having sided, like her brother, with the suitors, she was hanged by Odysseus.

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References

Sources

  • Homer. Odyssey xviii, 321.
  • Pausanias. Description of Greece x, 25.1.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.