Melinoe
deity underworld Orphic single tradition · 4
Melinoe is a little-attested deity who is the daughter of Zeus and Persephone according to the Orphic tradition.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Called child of Zeus and Persephone in Orphic tradition.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Hecate
- co occurs with
- Pandora, Despoina, Hagne, Praxidike, Chthonic Hermes, Dione, Phoebe, Nyche, Leucophryne, Hyperion, Nyx, Calliope, Clotho, Lachesis, Medea, Minthe, Epiales, Phobos (mythology), Gaia, Isis, Demeter, Rhea, Hestia, Hades, Erinyes, Artemis (Diana), Amphitrite, Eos, Atropos
- child of
- Zeus, Persephone, Kronian Zeus, Plouton Zeus
- enemy of
- Chronos
- student of
- Hecate
Mentioned by
- Gaia
- Isis
- Demeter
- Rhea
- Hestia
- Hades
- Erinyes
- Artemis (Diana)
- Amphitrite
- Eos
- Atropos
- Hermes
- Odysseus
- Selene
- Zeus
- Persephone
and 4 more
Sources
wikipedia (4)
Source passages
“The Orphic Persephone is said to have become by Zeus the mother of Dionysus / Iacchus / Zagreus, and the little-attested Melinoe.”
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“In Hecate the Witch, she meets Melinoe, a ghost who brings the dead animals to the River Styx in the Underworld, but suddenly, the dead animals follow her wherever she goes, even to school, and she asks for help from Melinoe and the two became friends.”
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