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Melinoe should be put as Hades’ daughter. Civluc8 (talk) 18:20, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

No, she is not Hades' daughter. Instead of adding this to articles, please actually read the Orphic Hymn, which states:

I call upon Melinoë, saffron-cloaked nymph of the earth,
whom revered Persephone bore by the mouth of the Kokytos river
upon the sacred bed of Kronian Zeus.
In the guise of Plouton Zeus tricked Persephone and through wiley plots bedded her;

Or read the secondary sources cited in that article, such as Morand, or Athanassakis & Wolkow. – Michael Aurel (talk) 19:05, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]