Melas (son of Antasus)

Also known as: Melas · Role: person · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 4

Life events

Aletes finally admits Melas and his army after repeatedly rejecting them.(Book 5 · Chapter 18)
- With: Aletes
- “Aletes admitted him but not with a good grace.”

parent: Antasus “He was the descendant of Melas the son of Antasus.”
with Cypselus (Cypselus is stated to be descended from Melas.) “He was the descendant of Melas the son of Antasus.”
with Cypselus (Cypselus is identified as a descendant of Melas.) “He was the descendant of Melas the son of Antasus.”
with Aletes (Aletes took Melas as an associate.) “And when Melas joined the Dorian expedition against Corinth from Gonussa beyond Sicyon, Aletes at first according to the oracle told him to go to other Greeks, but afterwards disregarded the oracle and took him as associate.”

with Cypselus (Melas is described as an ancestor of Cypselus.) “Cypselus and his ancestors came originally from Gonussa beyond Sicyon, and were descended from Melas the son of Antasus.”
parent: Antasus (Melas is identified as the son of Antasus.) “Cypselus and his ancestors came originally from Gonussa beyond Sicyon, and were descended from Melas the son of Antasus.”
with Aletes (Aletes initially rejects Melas and later admits him into the city.) “And Aletes would not receive Melas and his army into the city, as I have stated before in my account of Corinth, thus disobeying the oracle at Delphi, until at last, as Melas paid every attention to him, and whenever he was rejected returned again with entreaty, Aletes admitted him but not with a good grace.”

Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.