Melija () u grčkoj mitologiji jedna je od 3.000 Okeanida, kćeri Titana Okeana i njegove supruge-žene Tetide. Bila je majka heroja Foroneja i EgijalejaApollodorus, 2.1.1; Tzetzes on Lycophron, 177. (ili Fegejaref>Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 932</ref>), koje je dobila s bratom Inahom, riječnog boga Arga.Larson, p. 149; Hard, p. 227; Gantz, p. 198; Tripp, s.v. Inachus, p. 318; Grimal, s.v. Inachus, p. 230; Apollodorus, 2.1.1; Scholia ad Euripides, Orestes 932;Tzetzes on Lycophron, 177. Compare with Ovid, Amores 3.6.25–26, which perhaps confuses or conflates this Melia with the Bithynian Melia, who was the mother of Amycus and Mygdon by Poseidon. Međutim, prema nekim izvještajima, Inah je dobio Foroneja sa Argijom.Hyginus, Fabulae 143 (Smith and Trzaskoma, p. 147). Prema argivskoj tradiciji, Foronej je bio prvi čovjek, odnosno prvi stanovnik Arga, koji je živio u vrijeme Velikog potopa, povezan sa Deukalionom.Larson, p. 149; Hard, p. 227; Gantz, p. 198.
Inah je također prenio da je Melija bila majka Mikene, žena Arestora i eponim Mikene.Fowler, p. 236; Nostoi fr. 8* (West, pp. 160, 161) = Scholiast on the Odyssey 2.120; compare with Pausanias, 2.16.4, which, citing the Megalai Ehoiai, says that Mycene was the daughter of Inachus and the wife of Arestor, without naming the mother. For other stories explaining the name of the city, see Fowler, p. 259. Meliju je također možda smatrao majkom, Ije (sa Inahom),Tripp, s.v. Inachus, p. 318; Grimal, s.v. Io, p. 232. pretkinjom, sa Zeusom, grčkih dinastija Arga, Tebe i Krete.Tripp, s.v. Io, p. 319.
Za suprugu Apolona, koja je bila važna kultna figura u Tebi, takođe se govorilo da je kćer Okeana po imenu Melija.Grimal, s.v. Melia 2, p. 281.
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