Melissa (3rd century BC)^[1][2] was aPythagoreanphilosopher. Her name derives from the Greek wordmelli meaninghoney.

Nothing is known about her life. She is known only from a letter written to another woman named Cleareta (or Clearete). The letter is written in aDoric Greek dialect dated to around the 3rd century BC.^[2] The letter discusses the need for a wife to be modest and virtuous, and stresses that she should obey her husband.^[2] The content has led to the suggestion that it was written pseudonymously by a man.^[2] On the other hand, the author of the letter does not suggest that a woman is naturally inferior or weak, or that she needs a man's rule to be virtuous.^[1]

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