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In
Greek mythology , Melaneus (
/ˈmɛlənˌjuːs/ ;
Ancient Greek : Μελανεύς) may refer to the following personages:
Melaneus , son of
Apollo and husband of
Oechalia .
[1]
Melaneus, counted among the
Ethiopian chiefs and was in the court of
Cepheus at the time of the fight between
Perseus and
Phineus , and was killed during the same fight.
[2]
Melaneus, an
Indian , whose shape
Hera took to warn
Astraeis , and
Indian captain during
Dionysus ' Indian War.
[3]
Melaneus, joined, along with his father and brothers,
Deriades against Dionysus in the Indian War. He was son of
Aretus and
Laobie and thus brother of
Lycus ,
Myrsus ,
Glaucus and
Periphas .
[4]
Melaneus, a
centaur mentioned by
Ovid among many others who fought in the battle between the
Lapiths and the centaurs.
[5]
Melaneus, father of
Autonous , the father of
Anthus ,
Erodius ,
Schoenous ,
Acanthus and
Acanthis by
Hippodamia .
[6]
Melaneus, a
Trojan warrior and brother of
Alcidamas . He was killed by
Neoptolemus ,
Achilles ' son, during the
Trojan War .
[7]
Melaneus, father of
Amphimedon , one of the
suitors of
Penelope .
[8]
Melaneus, one of
Actaeon's dogs.
[9]
Notes
^
Antoninus Liberalis ,
4 as cited in
Nicander's Metamorphoses
^
Ovid ,
Metamorphoses 5.128
^
Nonnus , 14.304
^ Nonnus, 26.250 ff.
^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.306
^ Antoninus Liberalis,
7 as cited in
Boeus ' Ornithogonia
^
Quintus Smyrnaeus , 8.77
^
Homer ,
Odyssey 24.103
^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.206 ff;
Hyginus , Fabulae
181
References
Antoninus Liberalis , The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992).
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Gaius Julius Hyginus , Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus translated and edited by Mary Grant. University of Kansas Publications in Humanistic Studies.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Homer ,
The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.
ISBN
978-0674995611 .
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Greek text available from the same website .
Nonnus of Panopolis , Dionysiaca translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940.
Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Nonnus of Panopolis, Dionysiaca. 3 Vols. W.H.D. Rouse. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1940–1942.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Publius Ovidius Naso , Metamorphoses translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922.
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.
Publius Ovidius Naso, Metamorphoses. Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892.
Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library .
Quintus Smyrnaeus , The Fall of Troy translated by Way. A. S. Loeb Classical Library Volume 19. London: William Heinemann, 1913.
Online version at theio.com
Quintus Smyrnaeus, The Fall of Troy . Arthur S. Way. London: William Heinemann; New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1913.
Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library .