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Melinoë (Greek Μηλινόη) is a chthonic nymph invoked in one of the Orphic Hymns and propitiated as a bringer of nightmares and madness.〔Orphic Hymn 70 or 71 (numbering varies), as given by Richard Wünsch, ''Antikes Zaubergerät aus Pergamon'' (Berlin, 1905), p. 26: Μηλινόην καλέω, νύμφην χθονίαν, κροκόπεπλον, ἣν παρὰ Κωκυτοῦ προχοαῖς ἐλοχεύσατο σεμνὴ Φερσεφόνη λέκτροις ἱεροῖς Ζηνὸς Κρονίοιο ᾗ ψευσθεὶς Πλούτων᾽ἐμίγη δολίαις ἀπάταισι, θυμῷ Φερσεφόνης δὲ διδώματον ἔσπασε χροιήν, ἣ θνητοὺς μαίνει φαντάσμασιν ἠερίοισιν, ἀλλοκότοις ἰδέαις μορφῆς τὐπον έκκπροφανοῦσα, ἀλλοτε μὲν προφανής, ποτὲ δὲ σκοτόεσσα, νυχαυγής, ἀνταίαις ἐφόδοισι κατὰ ζοφοειδέα νύκτα. ἀλλἀ, θεά, λίτομαί σε, καταχθονίων Βασίλεια, ψυχῆς ἐκπέμπειν οἶστρον ἐπὶ τέρματα γαίης, εὐμενὲς εὐίερον μύσταις φαίνουσα πρόσωπον. 〕 She may also be the figure named in a few inscriptions from Anatolia,〔Jennifer Lynn Larson, ''Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore'' (Oxford University Press, 2001), p. 268.〕 and she appears on a bronze tablet in association with Persephone.〔Radcliffe G. Edmonds III, "Orphic Mythology," in ''A Companion to Greek Mythology'' (Blackwell, 2011), (note 58, p. 100 ); Apostolos N. Athanassakis, ''The Orphic Hymns: Text, Translation, and Notes'' (Scholars Press, 1977), p. viii.〕 The hymns, of uncertain date but probably composed in the 2nd or 3rd century AD, are liturgical texts for the mystery religion known as Orphism. In the hymn, Melinoë has characteristics that seem similar to Hecate and the Erinyes,〔Edmonds, "Orphic Mythology," pp. 84–85.〕 and the name is sometimes thought to be an epithet of Hecate.〔Ivana Petrovic, ''Von den Toren des Hades zu den Hallen des Olymp'' (Brill, 2007), p. 94; W. Schmid and O. Stählin, ''Geschichte der griechischen Literatur'' (C.H. Beck, 1924, 1981), vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 982; W.H. Roscher, ''Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie'' (Leipzig: Teubner, 1890–94), vol. 2, pt. 2, p. 16.〕 The terms in which Melinoë is described are typical of moon goddesses in Greek poetry. ==Name== ''Melinoë'' may derive from Greek ''mēlinos'' (μήλινος), "having the color of quince," from ''mēlon'' (μῆλον), "tree fruit".〔Anne-France Morand, ''Études sur les Hymnes Orphiques'' (Brill, 2001), p. 127, citing H. Bannert, ''RE'' suppl. 15, entry on "Melinoe" (1978), p. 135.〕 The fruit's yellowish-green color evoked the pallor of illness or death for the Greeks. A name derived from ''melas,'' "black," would be ''melan-'', not ''melin-''.〔Morand, ''Études sur les Hymnes Orphiques,'' p. 182.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Melinoe」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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