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Queen Melosa was the queen of the Telaquire Amazons and the elder sister of a late Crown Princess Terreis. She was eventually killed in a royal challenge at the hands of her adopted daughter, Velasca who briefly succeeded her as a new queen of the Telaquire Amazons before Gabrielle's legitimate reign as the rightful leader of her tribe.
History[]
At some point, Melosa inherited her Rite of Caste and became the new rightful leader of the Telaquire Amazon tribe. She also had a younger sister Terreis who became her heir as a Crown Princess, and became the adopted mother of an orphaned Amazon Velasca.
Following Terreis' tragic death at the hands of Krykus, she aims to avenge the murder of her sister despite the fact that she has no evidence whether the centaur Phantes killed her and that executing Phantes could ignite a war between her people and the Centaurs. Xena convinces her otherwise by challenging her to a fight and by winning the queen's title. When Xena exposes the real killer, the two women and their warriors confront the accused, and peace between the two societies begins. After the event, Melosa once again became the queen by Gabrielle's willing abdication.
Approximately over a year later, Velasca challenged her for the title of queen and defeated Melosa fair and square by killing her.
Trivia[]
- It is unknown how Melosa became queen of this specific tribe, as during the time when Hercules was young, Cyane was the queen.
- The name Melosa is of Greek origin and means "honeybee", "bee", or "of honey". It's a variation of the Greek name Melissa, which also means "honeybee". According to Greek mythology, perhaps reflecting Minoan culture, making her the daughter of a Cretan king Melisseus, whose -issos ending is Pre-Greek, Melissa was a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey and from whom bees were believed to have received their name. She was one of the nymph nurses of Zeus, sister to Amaltheia, but rather than feeding the baby milk, Melissa, appropriately for her name, fed him honey. Or, alternatively, the bees brought honey straight to his mouth. Because of her, Melissa became the name of all the nymphs who cared for the patriarch god as a baby. Melissa can also be spelled Mellissa, Mellisa, Melisa, Malissa, Malisa, Mallissa, Mallisa, Milisa, and Milissa.
References[]
- ↑ A fight to the death between two people