Melampus
human_specialist earth Greek single tradition · 2
Melampus is a seer in ancient Greek mythology who healed the Proetids—Lysippe, Iphinoë, and Iphianassa—by purifying them of their madness. As a reward, he received two-thirds of the kingdom of Argos and married Iphianassa.
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When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in ancient Greek and Roman mythology.
Relationships
- consort of
- Iphianassa
- co occurs with
- Artemis (Diana), Iphinoe, Proetids, Proetus, Stheneboea, Lysippe, Apollo, Hera, Dionysus
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Melampus being a seer of Dionysus, and the Proetids killing children in some versions, point to some intermingling with the myth of the Minyads.”
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“A certain Melampus wrote a treatise on the laws of symmetry prior to the first century BC. (Vitruvius VII, introduction).”
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