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{{Other uses|Melite (mythology)}}In Greek mythology, Melite ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|ɛ|l|ᵻ|t|iː}}; Ancient Greek: Μελίτη), daughter of Apollo, or alternatively Myrmex), was the eponym of the deme Melite in Attica.[1] According to a scholiast on Aristophanes, Melite was a lover of Heracles who was initiated into the lesser mysteries during his stay in Attica; there was a temple of Heracles the Protector from Evil (Alexikakos) in the deme Melite.[2] Heracles and Melite have been recognized in the figures portrayed alongside Demeter on the right half of the west pediment of the Parthenon.[3]Melite was also said to have been a companion of Poseidon.[4] References1. ^Harpocration s. v. Melite (= Fragmenta Historicorum Graecorum, 1. 396, frg. 74), Photius, Lexicon s. v. Melite; Suda, s. v. Melite, with references to Hesiod and Musaeus
2. ^Scholia on Aristophanes, Frogs, 501
3. ^Roscher, s. 2644
4. ^Scholia on Plato, Parmenides, 1
Sources- Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (ed.): Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. Band 2. 2 (L - M), Leipzig, 1894 - 1897, ss. 2643 - 2644, u. Melite 5)
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