Mythological Messenians

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 Hesiod, his father was Amythaon, whose name implies the "ineffable" or "unspeakably great"; thu

mythical brother of Ida, son of Aphareus

king of Messenia

son of Aphareus, husband of Marpessa, argonaut in Greek mythology

Greek mythological character, son of Perieres

son of Perieres and father of the Leucippides

mythical son of Amythaon

Greek mythological person, daughter of Idas and Marpessa

Daughter of Leucippus, mythical figure honored at Sparta

right|thumb|The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus by Rubens right|thumb|Roman sarcophagus with Castor and Pollux seizing Phoebe and Hilaera, ca. 160. In Greek mythology, Hilaera (Ancient Greek: Ἱλάειρα; also Ilaeira) was a Messenian princess. Stephanus of Byzantium called her Elaeira (Ἐλάειρα).

daughter of Amythaon in Greek mythology

name of multiple mythological figures

mythical character, nurse of Glenus

In Greek mythology, Perimele or Perimela () is the name of three mythical personages: