Melite

Called Melita (Greek Μελίτη )

In Greek mythology:

• A Oceanid, playmate of Persephone ( Homer hymns 2419 ), also known as Nereid ( Homer Iliad 18.42; Hesiod Theogony 247, Virgil 's Aeneid 5.825 ) or naiad, daughter of the river god Aigaios ( Apollonius of Rhodes Argonautica 4.537ff ) is described, see Melite ( mythology )

• A lover of Heracles, after the eponymous Athenian demos was named ( Harpocration, sv Μελίτη )

In ancient geography:

• The island of Malta
• An island in the Adriatic Sea southeast of Corcyra, now Mljet
• A city in Thessaly, see Melitaia
• A city in Ionia, see Melia ( city)
• An Athenian demos of the tribe Kekropis, see Melite ( demos)
• A lake in Acarnania, see Melite (lake)

• Disambiguation