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In Mycenaean Greek and Minoan myth, the bee was an emblem of Potnia, also referred to as the "Pure Mother Bee". [23] 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 ]
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 is said to be one of the various nymphs who raised the infant Zeus; in one little-attested version, Zeus transformed her into a bee under unclear circumstances. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Nymphs , such as Melissa, played an important role in mythic accounts of the origin of basic institutions and skills, as in the training of the culture heroes ...
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In Greek mythology, Melisseus (Ancient Greek: Μελισσεύς means 'bee-man' or 'honey-man' [citation needed]), the father of the nymphs Adrasteia, Ida, Melissa, and Althaea who were nurses of the infant Zeus on Crete. His parentage differs from telling to telling, ranging from Gaia and Uranus, to Karystos the eponym of Karystos, and Socus ...
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These three bee maidens with the power of divination and thus speaking truth are described in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes, and the food of the gods is "identified as honey"; [7] the bee maidens were originally associated with Apollo, and are probably not correctly identified with the Thriae. Both the Thriae and the Bee Maidens are credited with ...
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