Melantheia
Daughter of Alpheus in Greek mythology
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In Greek mythology, Melantheia or Melanthea (Ancient Greek: Μελανθείας) is the name of several figures:
- Melantheia, the daughter of Deucalion. According to a scholium on Euripides's Orestes, she was the mother of Melainis by Hyamus.[1]
- Melantheia, the daughter of the river-god Alpheus.[2] According to Plutarch's Greek Questions, she was, by Poseidon, the mother of Eirene, after whom the island of Calaurea was once known by the same name.[3]