1) Character in the Odyssey 
Melantho, also known as Melántho or Melanthó (Μελανθώ), is one of the minor characters in The Odyssey. Described as having a `sharp tongue`, she is sister to Melanthios, a goatherd in Ithaca, and the daughter of Dolios. She is among the favorite maids of Penelope, treated like a daughter by her, having been given trinkets and other smal.....