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Melanippe

Melanippe · f

Daughter of Desmon

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Where it lives

Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Noctes Atticae 2 · 0.18/10k
Thebais 1 · 0.16/10k

What it meant

Mĕlănippē — Lewis & Short

Mĕlănippē, ēs, f., = *melani/pph.

1 Daughter of Desmon or Æolus, the mother by Neptune of Bœotus and Æolus, the founders of Bœotia and Æolia, Hyg. Fab. 186; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5.—Acc. plur.: Melanippas, Arn. 4, 26. She was the subject of two tragedies; by Attius, Varr. L. L. 7, 3, § 65 Müll.; Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; and by Ennius, Gell. 5, 11, 12; cf. Juv. 8, 229.—

2 A sister of Antiope, queen of the Amazons, taken captive by Hercules, Just. 2, 4, 23 sq.

In the wild

Melanippes Juvenal, Saturae 3.8.229
Melanippa Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 6.9.17.p1
Melanippa Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 5.11.12
Melanippam Cicero, De Officiis 1.114.p1
Melanippe Statius, Thebais 8.740

Where it came from

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