Μελάμπους

Μελάμπους

• (μάντις ἀμύμων).
• Son of Amythaon and father of Antiphates-3 and Mantius.
• As the price of the hand of Pero undertook to drive off the oxen of Iphiclus-1 Od. 11.291,
• but was put in bonds by I. 292, his release 294; he drove off the oxen Od. 15.235;
• while in bonds had been wronged by Neleus Od. 15.230,
• avenged himself and gave Pero to his brother (who was named Bias) 236,
• fled to Argos-1 (1) 238, where he married 241.

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. 11.287ff., Od. 15.225ff.