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Melissus Of Thebes
Melissus may refer to: * Melissus of Samos, (fl. c. 500 BC), Greek philosopher * Melissus of Thebes, Greek athlete contrasted to Orion by Pindar * Gaius Maecenas Melissus (fl. early 1st century AD), Roman writer * Paulus Melissus (1539–1602), humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer * Melisseus (or Melissus), father of the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus on Crete * Melissus (another mythological figure), father of Actaeon; see Archias of Corinth {{Short description, Mythological founder of Syracuse, Sicily Archias, son of Anaxidotos ( grc, Ἀρχίας Ἀναξιδότου Πελλαῖος) was a quasi-mythological Corinthian citizen and founder ( oekist) of the colony of Syracuse in Sic ... See also * Melissaeus (other) {{disambiguation, surname, hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissus Of Samos
Melissus of Samos (; grc, Μέλισσος ὁ Σάμιος; ) was the third and last member of the ancient school of Eleatic philosophy, whose other members included Zeno and Parmenides. Little is known about his life, except that he was the commander of the Samian fleet in the Samian War. Melissus’ contribution to philosophy was a treatise of systematic arguments supporting Eleatic philosophy. Like Parmenides, he argued that reality is ungenerated, indestructible, indivisible, changeless, and motionless. In addition, he sought to show that reality is wholly unlimited, and infinitely extended in all directions; and since existence is unlimited, it must also be one. Life Not much information remains regarding the life of Melissus. He may have been born around 500 BC; the date of his death is unknown. The little which is known about him is mostly gleaned from a small passage in Plutarch’s ''Life of Pericles''. He was the commander of the Samian fleet in the Samian War, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melissus Of Thebes
Melissus may refer to: * Melissus of Samos, (fl. c. 500 BC), Greek philosopher * Melissus of Thebes, Greek athlete contrasted to Orion by Pindar * Gaius Maecenas Melissus (fl. early 1st century AD), Roman writer * Paulus Melissus (1539–1602), humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer * Melisseus (or Melissus), father of the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus on Crete * Melissus (another mythological figure), father of Actaeon; see Archias of Corinth {{Short description, Mythological founder of Syracuse, Sicily Archias, son of Anaxidotos ( grc, Ἀρχίας Ἀναξιδότου Πελλαῖος) was a quasi-mythological Corinthian citizen and founder ( oekist) of the colony of Syracuse in Sic ... See also * Melissaeus (other) {{disambiguation, surname, hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Orion (; Ancient Greek: Ὠρίων or ; Latin: ''Orion'') was a giant huntsman whom Zeus (or perhaps Artemis) placed among the stars as the constellation of Orion. Ancient sources told several different stories about Orion; there are two major versions of his birth and several versions of his death. The most important recorded episodes are: his birth in Boeotia, his visit to Chios where he met Merope and raped her, being blinded by Merope's father, the recovery of his sight at Lemnos, his hunting with Artemis on Crete, his death by the bow of Artemis or the sting of the giant scorpion which became Scorpius, and his elevation to the heavens. Most ancient sources omit some of these episodes and several tell only one. These various incidents may originally have been independent, unrelated stories, and it is impossible to tell whether the omissions are simple brevity or represent a real disagreement. In Greek literature he first appears as a great hunter in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Maecenas Melissus
Gaius Maecenas Melissus (; fl. 1st century AD) was one of the freedman, freedmen of Gaius Maecenas, the noted Ancient Rome, Roman Augustus Caesar, Augustan patron of the arts. His primary importance for Latin literature is that he invented his own form of comedy known as the "''fabula trabeata''" (tales of the knights). The genre did not prove particularly popular outside of his own work, but Melissus also put together compilations of jokes. Suetonius suggests that there were one hundred and fifty such compilations. Contemporary scholarship also suggests that he may have been quoted in Pliny the Elder's ''Natural History'' and may have been a Philologist, grammarian as well, although none of his original works have survived. References *Brown, Peter George McCarthy. "Maecenas Melissus, Gaius" in Hornblower, Simon and Antony Spawforth eds. ''The Oxford Classical Dictionary'' (3rd ed., 2005). London: OUP. p. 908. {{DEFAULTSORT:Melissus, Gaius Maecenas Roman-era inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulus Melissus
Paulus Melissus (also: ''Paul Melissus,'' ''Paul Schede'', or ''Paulus Schedius Melissus''; 20 December 1539 – 3 February 1602) was a humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer. Life Melissus was born in Mellrichstadt. He studied and attended school in Zwickau from 1557 to 1559, and studied philology in Erfurt and Jena. From 1560 to 1564 he lived in Vienna, where in 1561 he became poet laureate. He stayed in Prague, Wittenberg and Leipzig, and was called to the court of the bishop of Würzburg and went on a campaign to Hungary with him. He was an ambassador in the service of Emperor Maximilian II and Rudolf II, and traveled to France, Switzerland, Italy, and England and was ultimately director of the Electoral library (the Bibliotheca Palatina) in Heidelberg, where he died. Melissus translated works of Clément Marot and Théodore de Bèze for the Huguenot church services in rhyme using the Psalms in German. He was the first to use the sonnet and the ''terza rima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melisseus
In Greek mythology, Melisseus (Ancient Greek: Μελισσεύς means 'bee-man' or 'honey-man'), the father of the nymphs Adrasteia, Ida and Althaea who were nurses of the infant Zeus on Crete. His parentage differs from telling to telling, ranging from Gaia and Uranus, to Karystos the eponym of Karystos, and Socus and Combe. Mythology Melisseus was the eldest and leader of the nine Kuretes of Crete. They were chthonic ''daimones'' of Mount Ida, who clashed their spears and shields to drown out the wails of infant Zeus, whom they received from the Great Goddess, Rhea, his mother. The infant-god was hidden from his cannibal father and was raised in the cave that was sacred to the Goddess (''Da'') celebrated by the Kuretes, whose name it bore and still bears. The names of the two daughters of Melisseus, one called the "inevitable" (Adrasteia) and the other simply "goddess" (Ida, ''de'') are names used for the Great Mother Rhea herself. The ''Dionysiaca'' of Nonnus, learned and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archias Of Corinth
{{Short description, Mythological founder of Syracuse, Sicily Archias, son of Anaxidotos ( grc, Ἀρχίας Ἀναξιδότου Πελλαῖος) was a quasi-mythological Corinthian citizen and founder (oekist) of the colony of Syracuse in Sicily. Legend Archias fell in love with the son of Melissus, named Actaeon (distinct from Actaeon, son of Aristaeus) – the most handsome and modest youth of his age in the city – and proceeded to court him. Finding that "no fair means or persuasion" prevailed upon the youth, Archias made plans to kidnap him. Under the guise of inviting himself to Melissus' house in order to take part in a feast, Archias and his accomplices laid hands on the boy and attempted to spirit him away. The family resisted, and in the ensuing tug of war Actaeon was torn apart. Melissus demanded justice of the Corinthians, but was ignored by them. In return he climbed to the top of Poseidon Poseidon (; grc-gre, Ποσειδῶν) was one of the Twelve Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
