Melampus
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title:
Melampus
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In Greek mythology, Melampus was a legendary soothsayer and healer, originally of Pylos, who ruled at Argos. He was the introducer of the worship of Dionysus, according to Herodotus, who asserted that his powers as a seer were derived from the Egyptians and that he could understand the language of animals. A number of pseudepigraphal works of divination were circulated in Classical and Hellenistic times under the name Melampus. According to Herodotus and Pausanias (vi.17.6), on the authority of
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In Greek mythology, legendary soothsayer and healer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melampus
date created:
2002-09-07T03:06:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T20:50:29Z
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