Melite (mythology)

Melite or Melita (/ˈmɛlɪtiː/; Ancient Greek: Μελίτη) was the name of several characters in Greek mythology:

• Melita, one of the Oceanids. She was one of the companions of Persephone along with her sisters when the daughter of Demeter was abducted by Hades.[1]
• Melite, one of the Nereids.[2][3][4][5]
• Melite, naiad daughter of the river god Aegaeus and mother of Hyllus by Heracles.[6]
• Melite, one of the four daughters of Erasinus that became followers of Britomartis.[7]
• Melite, daughter of King Busiris of Egypt and possible sister of Amphidamas. She was the mother of Metus by Poseidon.[8]
• Melite or Meta, daughter of Hoples and the first wife of Aegeus.[9][10]
• Melite, eponym of a deme in Attica
• Melite, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur