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Melissa

Melissa · f

A nymph who is said to have invented the art of keeping bees

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Where it lives

Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

Mĕlissa — Lewis & Short

Mĕlissa, ae, f., = *me/lissa.

I A nymph who is said to have invented the art of keeping bees, Col. 9, 2, 3.—

II Daughter of the Cretan king Melissus, who, together with her sister Amalthea, fed Jupiter with goats' milk, Lact. 1, 22, 19 sq

Where it came from

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