Melite

"Honey-sweet." The naiad of Mount Melite, daughter of the river god Aegaeus on the mythical island of the Phaeacians. She was seduced by Heracles and bore him a mighty son, Hyllus.

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References

Sources

  • Apollonius Rhodius. Argonautica iv, 538 ff.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.