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

(Μελανθώ).

1. A daughter of Dolius, and sister of Melanthius; she was a slave in the house of Odysseus; and having sided, like her brother, with the suitors, she was hanged by Odysseus. (Hom. Od. 18.321; Paus. 10.25.1.)