Pelia [lower-alpha 1] in Greek mythology is a minor Cypriot figure, kin to Adonis, who plays a role in a minor myth. Her story is attested in the works of Servius, a Latin grammarian of the fifth century.
Pelia had an unspecified kinship with Cinyras, the king of Cyprus, and his son Adonis. Cinyras married her to Melus, a childhood friend of Adonis from Delos. The couple had a son together, whom they also named Melus. The child was raised inside the sanctuary of Aphrodite herself, lover of Adonis. But when Adonis was slain by a boar during hunting, Melus was so distraught over his loss that he ended his life by hanging himself from an apple tree, which took his name thereafter. Pelia, not standing the loss of her kin and her husband both, took her life in the same way. After Aphrodite's own period of mourning was over, she turned Melus into an apple/apple tree, and Pelia into a dove. As for their son, Melus, who was now the only surviving member of Cinyras' family, he was sent back to Delos, where he founded the city Melon. The sheep there also took his name, for he first taught the Delians to shear them and make clothing out of their wool; the Greek μῆλον means 'apple' and 'sheep' both. [1] [2]
In Greek mythology, Anius was a king of Delos and priest of Apollo.
Elymus was the supposed Trojan ancestor of the Elymians (Ἔλυμοι), an indigenous people of Sicily, in Greek and Roman legend.
In Greek mythology, Cinyras was a famous hero and king of Cyprus. Accounts vary significantly as to his genealogy and provide a variety of stories concerning him; in many sources he is associated with the cult of Aphrodite on Cyprus, and Adonis, a consort of Aphrodite, is mentioned as his son. Some scholars have proposed a connection with the minor Ugaritic deity Kinnaru, the god of the lyre. The city Cinyreia on Cyprus was believed to have taken its name from Cinyras. According to Strabo, he had previously ruled in the city of Byblos in Phoenicia.
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