In Greek mythology, Melia was a nymph, one of the Meliae, who were daughters of Oceanus. By her brother Inachus, she became the mother of Io, Phoroneus and Aegialeus or Phegeus. In other stories, she was the mother of Amycus by Poseidon. Greek mythology comprises the collected legends of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... For other uses of nymph see Nymph (disambiguation). ... In Greek mythology, the Meliae were nymphs of the manna-ash tree. ... Oceanus or Okeanos refers to the ocean, which the Greeks and Romans regarded as a river circling the world. ... Inachus is one of the Oceanids in Greek mythology, Inachus was married to Melia, with whom he had one son: Phoroneus. ... This article is about the mytholgical figure. ... In Greek mythology, Phoroneus was a culture-hero, son of Inachus and Melia. ... In Greek mythology, Aegialeus (also Aegealeus) was the son of Adrastus. ... A Greek King, Phegeus offered succor and his daughter, Alphesiboea, to Alcmaeon, who was fleeing from the Erinyes. ... In Greek mythology, Amycus was the son of Poseidon and Melia. ... Andrea Doria as Neptune by Agnolo Bronzino: a potent allegory of Genoas hegemony in the Tyrrhenian Sea In Greek Mythology, Poseidon (Ποσειδῶν) was the god of the sea, known to the Romans as Neptune, and to the Etruscans as Nethuns. ...

Melia is also the name of the village in the southeastern part of the Evros prefecture Evros (Greek: Έβρος) is one of the fifty-one prefectures of Greece and is the northernmost. ...

Melia is also the name of a genus of trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, notably the Chinaberry or Bead tree Melia azedarach. The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... Genera and Species Entandophragma - Utile or African Mahogany Guarea - Pink Mahogany Khaya - Ivory Coast Mahogany - Senegal Mahogany Swietenia - Honduras Mahogany - West Indian Mahogany Toona - Indian Mahogany - Chinese Mahogany The name Mahogany was first used in the New World for two trees of the genus Swietenia, namely (West Indian Mahogany) from... Genera See text The Meliaceae, or the Mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs in the order Sapindales, characterised by alternate, usually pinnate leaves without stipules and by syncarpous, usually bisexual flowers borne in panicles, cymes, spikes, or clusters. ... Species Melia azedarach The Chinaberry or Bead Tree (Melia azedarach), is a small tree in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to China, also occasionally known as Persian Lilac. ...

See also

• Mongiuffi Melia