(Μελαναιγίς), i.e. armed or clad with a black aegis, occurred as a surname of Dionysus at Eleutherae (Suid. s. v. Ἐλεύθερος ; Paus. 1.38.8), and at Athens (Suid. s. v. Ἀπατούρια; Conon, Narrat. 39; Paus. 2.35.1; comnp. MELANTHUS), and of the Erinnys. (Aeschyl. Sept. 700.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890