In Greek mythology, Melaneus (/ˈmɛlənˌjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Μελανεύς) may refer to the following personages:
- Melaneus, son of Apollo and husband of Oechalia.[1]
- Melaneus, counted among the Ethiopian chiefs and was in the court of Cepheus at the time of the fight between Perseus and Phineus, and was killed during the same fight.[2]
- Melaneus, an Indian, whose shape Hera took to warn Astraeis, and Indian captain during Dionysus' Indian War.[3]
- Melaneus, joined, along with his father and brothers, Deriades against Dionysus in the Indian War. He was son of Aretus and Laobie and thus brother of Lycus, Myrsus, Glaucus and Periphas.[4]
- Melaneus, a centaur mentioned by Ovid among many others who fought in the battle between the Lapiths and the centaurs.[5]
- Melaneus, father of Autonous, the father of Anthus, Erodius, Schoenous, Acanthus and Acanthis by Hippodamia.[6]
- Melaneus, a Trojan warrior and brother of Alcidamas. He was killed by Neoptolemus, Achilles' son, during the Trojan War.[7]
- Melaneus, father of Amphimedon, one of the suitors of Penelope.[8]
- Melaneus, one of Actaeon's dogs.[9]
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 4 as cited in Nicander's Metamorphoses
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 5.128
- ^ Nonnus, 14.304
- ^ Nonnus, 26.250 ff.
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 12.306
- ^ Antoninus Liberalis, 7 as cited in Boeus' Ornithogonia
- ^ Quintus Smyrnaeus, 8.77
- ^ Homer, Odyssey 24.103
- ^ Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.206 ff; Hyginus, Fabulae 181