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The variant spelling/pronunciation Melitta is the Attic Greek dialect for Melissa. (Compare the Attic word for sea, thalatta, with the more common thalassa.)Within a fragment of the Orphic poetry, quoted by Natalis Comes, Melitta is spoken of as a hive, and called Seira, or the hive of Venus:
Melissa, a character in British soap opera Hollyoaks; Melissa, a character in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera Princess Ida; Melissa, a character in Seinfeld episode The Apology; Melissa, a character in the movie The Hangover; Melissa Fitzgerald, a character in the 2013 American crime comedy movie We're the Millers
Melissa is a genus of perennial herbs in the family Lamiaceae. Its species are native to Europe and Asia but cultivated and naturalized in many other places. Its species are native to Europe and Asia but cultivated and naturalized in many other places.
Melissa, daughter of the Cretan king Melisseus, who, together with her sister Amalthea, fed Zeus with goats' milk. [8] She may be the same as the above Melissa. Melissa, daughter of Epidamnus and mother of Dyrrhachius by Poseidon. Her father and son gave their name to the town in Illyria which was called Epidamnos and later on Dyrrhachium. [9]
Melissa, or balm, a genus of perennial herbs Lemon balm (Melissa officinalis) Field balm; Nepeta. Field Balm (catnip) Melittis, Bastard Balm; Monarda, a genus of flowering plants, many species of which are known as bee balm; Elsholtzia ciliata, or Vietnamese balm; Cedronella, Canary Balm or Balm-of-Gilead
Melissa Viviane Jefferson (born April 27, 1988), [2] known professionally as Lizzo (/ ˈ l ɪ z oʊ /), is an American rapper and singer. Born in Detroit , Michigan , she moved to Houston , Texas , with her family at the age of ten.
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Her priestesses received the name of Melissa, ("bee"). [24] According to the Neoplatonic philosopher Porphyry, the priestesses of Demeter were also called "Melissae", and Melissa was a name of Artemis. [22] Melisseus was the god of honey and bees, whose daughters Ida and Adrasteia fed the infant Zeus with milk and honey when his mother hid him ...