Editing Melite (naiad) (section)

== Mythology ==
Heracles tried to find refuge on the mythical island of [[Scheria]], widely considered to be the island of [[Corfu]] in modern Greece, after the murder of his children. He decided to rest near a lake. This lake happened to be the place in which Melite and her sisters were currently residing. When Melite saw Hercules she hid him away from her siblings in a deeper and darker part of the lake where she lay with him. The two then traveled to another part of the island and stayed there until Melite gave birth to Hyllus.<ref>[[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'', 4. 538 ff</ref>

Zeus was in a rage over her choice of a mortal over him, and so he appealed to her father who would not let her have anymore children with Hercules or any sexual contact whatsoever. Hercules promptly left Melite for other mortals. She was one of the women who were there mourning the death of Hercules.

Hyllus did not want to be a mere subject to King [[Nausithous]], so he traveled to the far north of Greece, where he became king and [[eponym]] of a Dorian tribe, the Hylleis.<ref>[[Scholia]] on [[Apollonius Rhodius]], ''Argonautica'', 4. 524, 540, 1125, 1149; [[Stephanus of Byzantium]], s. v. ''Hylleis''; ''[[Etymologicum Magnum]]'' 776. 40 under ''Hylēōn''</ref>