Melanph ( dr. Greek Μέλανθος ) is a character in ancient Greek mythology [1] [2] . King of Messena [3] , then Athens . The son of Andropomp , the grandson of Bohr , the great-grandson of Pemphilos , the great-great-grandson of Periclimen [4] . Father of Codra [5] [6] [7] . The sixteenth king of Athens [8] .
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Perhaps such a name is found in Mycenaean texts: me-ra-to (Melanph?) [9] .
Expelled by the Dorians from Messen, went to Attica, where he participated in the fight against the Boeotians. Many pilots moved with him [10] . The Pythia predicted to him that he should settle where his head and legs were offered to him at the table, which happened in Eleusis [11] . He was elected king of Athens, replacing Fimet , the last descendant of Aegeus [12] . He killed Xanf [13] in a duel of the Boeotian king [13] and established the feast of Apaturia [14]. He built the sanctuary of Dionysus and instituted a holiday in his honor. In his reign, the Ionians were taken in Attica [15] . Descendants of Melanph - Medontis [16] .
Notes
- ↑ Myths of the peoples of the world. In 2 vol. M., 1991.V.2. S.134
- ↑ Lubker F. The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. M., 2001. In 3 vol. T. 2. S.371-373
- ↑ Strabo. Geography VIII 4, 1 (p. 359)
- ↑ Pausanias II 18, 8
- ↑ Codrus // The Real Dictionary of Classical Antiquities / ed. F. Lubker ; Edited by members of the Society of Classical Philology and Pedagogy F. Gelbke , L. Georgievsky , F. Zelinsky , V. Kansky , M. Kutorgi and P. Nikitin . - SPb. , 1885.
- ↑ Codre, the mythical king of Attica // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas I 19, 5
- ↑ Augustine. On the City of God XVIII 19
- ↑ Subject-conceptual dictionary of the Greek language. Mycenaean period. L., 1986. P.150
- ↑ Strabo. Geography XIV 1, 3
- ↑ Athenaeum. Feast of the Sages III 50, 96d-e, link to the Demon historian
- ↑ Herodotus. History V 65; Pausanias. Description of Hellas II 18, 9
- ↑ Strabo. Geography IX 1, 7 (p. 393)
- ↑ Polyan. Strategies I 19
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas VII 1, 9
- ↑ Pausanias. Description of Hellas IV 5, 10
| Predecessor: Thimet | Mythical kings of Athens and Attica 1126 - 1089 | Successor: Codre |