Melete

[ mel-i-tee ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. one of the original three Muses, the Muse of meditation. Compare Aoede, mneme ( def 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of Melete¹

From the Greek word melétē care, attention

Example Sentences

Bochart, Canaan, i. 26., says that the name "Melete" is Hebrew, meaning refugium; and Diodorus Siculus, v. cap. 12., uses the term καταφυγή concerning it so pointedly, that it would almost seem as though he knew that to be the reason why the Phœnicians gave it its name.

From Project Gutenberg

He is a faithful servant of "Melete," the Muse of contemplative study, a service which is very seldom liked by Modern Greeks.

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On an old attic vase," he says, "stand the three original Muses, the ones that were first worshipped, even before the Nine, who are now world-known: Mneme, Melete, Aoide—Memory, Study, Song.

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