Mĕlĭbœa

, a daughter of Ocean us, who married Pelasgus.――A daughter of Amphion and Niobe. Apollo dor us. ――A maritime town of Magnesia in The aly, at the foot of mount O a, famous for dyeing wool. The epithet of Melibœus is applied to Phi loc tetes, because he reigned there. Virgil , Æneid , bk. 3 , li. 401 ; bk. 5 , li. 251 .— Hero dot us , bk. 7 , ch. 188 .――Also an island at the mouth of the Orontes in Syria, whence Melibœa purpura . Mela , bk. 2 , ch. 3 .