Melite

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The name Melite may refer to:

• Melite, an ancient Greek colony located on present-day Malta, or a Greek reference to the island on which the ancient colony was located
• Melite, one of the demes in ancient Athens
• Melite, name of several characters in Greek mythology:
  • Melite, one of the Oceanids
  • Melite, one of the Nereids
  • Melite (naiad), daughter of the river god Aegaeus and mother of Hyllus by Heracles
  • Melite, one of the four daughters of Erasinus that became followers of Britomartis
  • Melite or Meta, the first wife of Aegeus
  • Melite (heroine), eponym of a deme in Attica
  • Melite, one of the sacrificial victims of Minotaur

See also

• Mélite, a play by Pierre Corneille.