Melia (Mother of Io)

In Greek mythology, Melia (Greek: Μελίη, Melie, "sweet" or "honey"), also known as Argia (Argeia, "of Argos"), was an Oceanide and an ancestresses of the royal house of Argos, Sicyon, and Thebes. As an Oceanide, she was a daughter of Oceanus, as well as the wife of the river god Inachus. By Inachus, Melia mothered four children: Io, Phoroneus, Mycene, and Aegialeus.