Melian may refer to:
* an adjectival formation of
Milos or Melos, a city in Greece
* The Melian Dialogue, Athenian historian Thucydides’ dramatization of negotiations to resolve the
Siege of Melos
The siege of Melos occurred in 416 BC during the Peloponnesian War, which was a war fought between Athens and Sparta. Melos is an island in the Aegean Sea roughly east of mainland Greece. Though the Melians had ancestral ties to Sparta, they ...
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Melian (Middle-earth), a character in J. R. R. Tolkien’s legendarium
*Méliane, a character in ''Tyr et Sidon, ou les funestes amours de Belcar et Méliane'' by
Jean de Schelandre
*Melian Stokes, a character in ''Pugs and Peacocks'' by
Gilbert Cannan
Gilbert Eric Cannan (25 June 1884 – 30 June 1955) was a British novelist and dramatist.
Early life
Born in Manchester of Scottish descent, he got on badly with his family, and in 1897 he was sent to live in Oxford with the economist Edwin Can ...
People with "Melian" or "Melián" as last name
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Alberto Melián (born 1990), Argentinian boxer
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Daniel Sarmiento Melián
Daniel Sarmiento Melián (born 25 August 1983) is a Spanish retired handballer, who last played for Wisła Płock
Wisła Płock Spółka Akcyjna (''Wisła Płock S.A.''), commonly referred to as Wisła Płock (), is a Polish professional ...
(born 1983), Spanish handball player
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Diego Melián
Diego Melián de León (born 4 November 1991) is a Uruguayan footballer of Armenian descent who plays as a goalkeeper for Deportivo Municipal in the Peruvian Primera División
The Peru First Division (; ''First Division'') —known as Liga ...
(born 1991), Uruguayan footballer
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Elena Melián
Elena Melián González (born 18 April 2001) is a Spanish synchronised swimmer.
She won a bronze medal in the free routine combination competition at the 2018 European Aquatics Championships.
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(born 2001), Spanish swimmer
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Francisco Núñez Melián (died 1644), Spanish adventurer and administrator
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Jackson Melián (born 1980), Venezuelan baseball player
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José Antonio Melián
José Antonio Melián (March 19, 1784 - December 1, 1857) was an Argentine colonel. He fought against the British Invasions of the Río de la Plata, and fought alongside José de San Martín in the Argentine War of Independence.
He was born in ...
(1784–1857), Argentinian colonel
*Juan Carlos Melian, member of
Vital Information jazz group
*Michaela Melián, a member of
FSK (band)
F.S.K. (''Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle'', German meaning "voluntary self control") is a German band that formed in Munich in 1980. The band has been associated with avant-garde fringes of ''Neue Deutsche Welle'' (German New Wave) of the early 1980 ...
People with "Melian" or "Melián" as first or middle name
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Luis Melián Lafinur Luis Melián Lafinur (10 January 1850 – 27 February 1939) was a Uruguayan jurist, essayist, professor and politician. He was the son of Bernardo Melián and Florencia Lafinur. His son was the Argentine poet Álvaro Melián Lafinur.
Biography
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(1850–1939), a Uruguayan politician
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Florence Stawell
Florence Melian Stawell (2 May 1869 – 9 June 1936) was a classical scholar.
Career
Florence Melian Stawell, youngest daughter of Sir William Foster Stawell, was born at Melbourne on 2 May 1869. She was named for the Melians, ancient Greek ...
(middle name Melian) (1869–1936), an Australian classical scholar
See also
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Melia (disambiguation)
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Meilan (disambiguation)
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