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Melaneus (mythology)

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In [[Greek mythology]], '''Melaneus''' ([[Help:IPA/English|/ˈmɛlənˌjuːs/]]; [[Ancient Greek]]: Μελανεύς) may refer to the following personages:

* Melaneus, son of [[Apollo]] and husband of [[Oechalia (Messenia)|Oechalia]].<ref>[[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''Metamorphoses'' 4</ref>
* Melaneus, counted among the [[Ancient Ethiopia|Ethiopian]] chiefs and was in the court of [[Cepheus of Ethiopia|Cepheus]] at the time of the fight between [[Perseus]] and [[Phineus (son of Belus)|Phineus]], and was killed during the same fight.<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 5.128</ref>
* Melaneus, a [[centaur]] mentioned by [[Ovid]] among many others who fought in the battle between the [[Lapiths]] and the centaurs.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.306</ref>
* Melaneus, a [[Troy|Trojan]] warrior and brother of Alcidamas. He was killed by [[Neoptolemus]], [[Achilles]]' son, during the [[Trojan War]].<ref>[[Quintus Smyrnaeus]], ''Posthomerica'' 8.77</ref>
* Melaneus, father of [[Amphimedon]], one of the [[Suitors of Penelope|suitors]] of [[Penelope]].<ref>Homer. ''The Odyssey,'' 24. 103 in ''The Iliad & The Odyssey''. Trans. Samuel Butler. pp. 720-1. </ref>
* Melaneus, father of [[Autonous]], the father of [[Anthus (mythology)|Anthus]], Erodius, Schoenous, [[Acanthus, son of Autonous|Acanthus]] and [[Acanthis (mythology)|Acanthis]]<ref>Antoninus Liberalis, ''Metamorphoses'' 7</ref>
* Melaneus, an Indian, whose shape [[Hera]] took to warn [[Astraeis]], and [[India|Indian]] captain during [[Dionysus]]' Indian War.<ref>[[Nonnus]], ''[[Dionysiaca]]'' 14.304</ref>
* 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 (mythology)|Lycus]], [[Myrsus]], [[Glaucus (mythology)|Glaucus]] and [[Periphas]].<ref>Nonnus, ''Dionysiaca'' 26.250 ff</ref>
* Melaneus, one of [[Actaeon|Actaeon's]] dogs.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 3.206 ff</ref><ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''Fabulae'' 181</ref>

== Notes ==
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== References ==

* [[Antoninus Liberalis]], ''The Metamorphoses of Antoninus Liberalis'' translated by Francis Celoria (Routledge 1992). [https://ift.tt/2ErRrKU 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. [https://ift.tt/2MD4NET Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''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. [https://ift.tt/2EfYeXt Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [https://ift.tt/2EpEeCm Greek text available from the same website].
* [[Nonnus|Nonnus of Panopolis]], ''Dionysiaca'' translated by William Henry Denham Rouse (1863-1950), from the Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 1940. [https://ift.tt/2EbFCb0 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. [https://ift.tt/1XHNFPp Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [https://ift.tt/2TmnS4y Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [https://ift.tt/2IGbwAj 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. [https://ift.tt/2mv3EX3 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. [https://ift.tt/20jJOXM Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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