Mĕlănippē, ēs, f., = Μελανίππη.
1 Daughter of Desmon or Aeolus, the mother by Neptune of Boeotus and Aeolus, the founders of Boeotia and Aeolia , Hyg. Fab. 186; Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 5.— Acc. plur. : Melanippas, Arn. 4, 26. She was the subject of two tragedies; by Attius, Varr. L. L. 7, 3, § 65 Müll.; Cic. Off. 1, 31, 114; and by Ennius, Gell. 5, 11, 12; cf. Juv. 8, 229.—
2 A sister of Antiope, queen of the Amazons, taken captive by Hercules , Just. 2, 4, 23 sq.