Melissus

Melissus may refer to:

  • Melissus of Samos, (fl. c. 500 BC), Greek philosopher
  • Melissus of Thebes, Greek athlete contrasted to Orion by Pindar
  • Gaius Maecenas Melissus (fl. early 1st century AD), Roman writer
  • Paulus Melissus (1539–1602), humanist Neo-Latin writer, translator and composer
  • Melisseus (or Melissus), father of the nymphs Adrasteia and Ida, the nurses of Zeus on Crete
  • Melissus (another mythological figure), father of Actaeon; see Archias of Corinth

See also

  • Melissaeus (disambiguation)
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