InGreek mythology,Melia (Ancient Greek Μελία, Μελίη) was anOceanid, one of the 3,000water nymph daughters of theTitansOceanus and his sister-spouseTethys.^[1] She was the mother ofculture heroPhoroneus, andAegialeus^[2] (orPhegeus^[3]), by her brotherInachus, the river-god ofArgos.^[4] However, in some accounts, Inachus fathered Phoroneus by an Oceanid nymph namedArgia.^[5] According to Argive tradition, Phoroneus was the first man, or first inhabitant of Argos, who lived during the time of theGreat Flood, associated withDeucalion.^[6]

Melia was also said to have been the mother, by Inachus, ofMycene, the wife ofArestor, and eponym ofMycenae.^[7] Melia was also perhaps considered to be the mother, by Inachus, ofIo,^[8] the ancestress, byZeus, of the Greek dynasties ofArgos,Thebes, andCrete.^[9]

The consort ofApollo, who was an important cult figure atThebes, was also said to be a daughter ofOceanus namedMelia.^[10]

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