Melas
Family: Calydon · Role: father of Pheneus and others · First appears: Apollodorus, Library 1.7
🌐 Also appears in: The Iliad (as Melas)
Melas belongs to Calydon. In Apollodorus, Library 1.7, he is named as a son of Porthaon and Euryte, alongside Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, and Leucopeus.
In Library 1.8, Melas is identified as the father of Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus, Eumedes, Sternops, Xanthippus, and Sthenelaus, who had plotted against Oeneus. Later entries also record a Melas among the children of Phrixus and as a son of Licymnius.
Relationship record
Apollodorus, Library 1.7
- parent: Porthaon “had sons, Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus”
- parent: Euryte “had sons, Oeneus, Agrius, Alcathous, Melas, Leucopeus”
Apollodorus, Library 1.8
- child: Pheneus “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus”
- child: Euryalus “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus”
- child: Hyperlaus “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus”
- child: Antiochus “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus”
- child: Eumedes “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus, Eumedes”
- child: Sternops “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus, Eumedes, Sternops”
- child: Xanthippus “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus, Eumedes, Sternops, Xanthippus”
- child: Sthenelaus “the sons of Melas who had plotted against Oeneus, their names being Pheneus, Euryalus, Hyperlaus, Antiochus, Eumedes, Sternops, Xanthippus, Sthenelaus”
Apollodorus, Library 1.9
- parent: Phrixus “And Phrixus had children by Chalciope, to wit, Argus, Melas , Phrontis, and Cytisorus.”
Apollodorus, Library 2.7
- parent: Licymnius (parent->child) “Argius and Melas , the sons of Licymnius”
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Extracted from the original text of Greek Mythology. Made with Rho MD.