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Orphic Hymn 71 is addressed to Melinoe, and describes her as follows (in the translation by Apostolos Athanassakis and Benjamin M. Wolkow): I call upon Melinoë, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth, whom revered Persephone bore by the mouth of the Kokytos river upon the sacred bed of Kronian Zeus.
In Orphic texts, [37] the chthonic nymph Melinoe is the daughter of Persephone by Zeus disguised as Pluto, [38] and the Eumenides ("The Kindly Ones") are the offspring of Persephone and Zeus Chthonios, often identified as Pluto. [39]
• Melinoe: Orphic nymph, daughter of Persephone and "Zeus disguised as Pluto". [45] Her name is a possible epithet of Hecate. • Minthe Cocytus River probably a daughter of Cocytus, lover of Hades and rival of Persephone [46] [47] Other nymphs: Lampades: torch bearers in the retinue of Hecate [48] Hecaterides (rustic dance)
In ancient Greek religion and mythology, Zagreus (Ancient Greek: Ζαγρεύς, romanized: Zagreus) was a god sometimes identified with an Orphic Dionysus, a son of Zeus and Persephone, who was dismembered by the Titans and reborn. [1]
Melinoe is a chthonic nymph, daughter of Persephone, invoked in one of the Orphic Hymns and propitiated as a bringer of nightmares and madness. [82] She may also be the figure named in a few inscriptions from Anatolia , [ 83 ] and she appears on a bronze tablet in association with Persephone . [ 84 ]
Melinoë is a character in the upcoming video game Hades II.She is the game's protagonist, being the sister of Hades protagonist Zagreus and daughter of its antagonist, Hades.
She is from Hexwitch School and tries not to get in trouble. 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. So she asks for help from Melinoe and the two became friends.
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