Μελάμπους :
Melampus, son of Amythāon, a famous seer in
Pylus. Undertaking to fetch from Phylace in Thessaly the cattle of
Iphiclus, and thus to win the hand of Pero for his brother Bias, he
was taken captive, as he had himself predicted, and held prisoner for
one year, when in consequence of good counsel given by him he was set
free by Iphiclus, gained his end, and settled in Argos, Od. 11.287 ff., Od. 15.225 ff.
Georg Autenrieth. A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1891.
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