In Greek mythology, Melanthus ( Ancient Greek: Μέλανθος) was a king of Messenia and son of Andropompus and Henioche. [1]
Mythology
Melanthus was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by the descendants of Heracles, [2] as part of the legendary " Return of the Heracleidae", later associated with the supposed " Dorian invasion".
Melanthus fled to Athens, along with other of the expelled Neleidae, Alcmaeon and the sons of Paeon. Melanthus later became a king of Athens, the successor of Thymoetes, succeeded by Codrus. Codrus was considered to be a forefather to the Greek philosopher Plato. According to Diogenes Laertius who cited Thrasylus as his source, Codrus and Melanthus also trace their descent from Poseidon. [3]
Melanthus was also a shipmate of Acoetes who attempted to kidnap Dionysus.
Notes
References
- Pausanias, Description of Greece. W. H. S. Jones (translator). Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1918). Vol. 1. Books I–II: ISBN 0-674-99104-4.
External links
- Reference in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
- Reference on Greek Mythology Link
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In Greek mythology, Melanthus ( Ancient Greek: Μέλανθος) was a king of Messenia and son of Andropompus and Henioche. [1]
Mythology
Melanthus was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by the descendants of Heracles, [2] as part of the legendary " Return of the Heracleidae", later associated with the supposed " Dorian invasion".
Melanthus fled to Athens, along with other of the expelled Neleidae, Alcmaeon and the sons of Paeon. Melanthus later became a king of Athens, the successor of Thymoetes, succeeded by Codrus. Codrus was considered to be a forefather to the Greek philosopher Plato. According to Diogenes Laertius who cited Thrasylus as his source, Codrus and Melanthus also trace their descent from Poseidon. [3]
Melanthus was also a shipmate of Acoetes who attempted to kidnap Dionysus.
Notes
References
- Pausanias, Description of Greece. W. H. S. Jones (translator). Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1918). Vol. 1. Books I–II: ISBN 0-674-99104-4.
External links
- Reference in Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
- Reference on Greek Mythology Link
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