Melisseus information

In Greek mythology, Melisseus (Ancient Greek: Μελισσεύς means 'bee-man' or 'honey-man'), the father of the nymphs Adrasteia, Ida and Althaea who were...

probably associated with Cybele, was later a Cretan nymph, and daughter of Melisseus, who was charged by Rhea with nurturing the infant Zeus in secret, to...

makes the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus, daughters of Melisseus, leader of the Kuretes of Crete Aethra ✓ Aetna Amalthea ✓ Nurse of Zeus...

perhaps reflecting Minoan culture, making her the daughter of a Cretan king Melisseus, whose -issos ending is Pre-Greek, Melissa was a nymph who discovered...

Demeter were also called "Melissae", and Melissa was a name of Artemis. Melisseus was the god of honey and bees, whose daughters Ida and Adrasteia fed the...

cave in Dicte, gives him to the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, daughters of Melisseus, to nurse. They feed him on the milk of the she-goat Amalthea, while the...

Melissus (1539–1602), humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer Melisseus (or Melissus), father of the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus...

(1540–1578) Václav Melissaeus Lounský (c. 1573–1631) Melissus (disambiguation) Melisseus This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Melissaeus...

seven Corybantes (Prymneus, Mimas, Acmon, Damneus, Ocythous, Idaeus, Melisseus) by Combe. He expelled his wife and sons from the island, and was ultimately...

circles of the time) of the name Meduna resulting from the Ancient Greek Melisseus (Μελισσεύς), based on the local interpretation of the name being related...