Pausanias' Description of Greece

Meles

Family: Athenians · Role: Athenian · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 30

In Book 1, Chapter 30, Timagoras, a resident alien enamoured of Meles, was told by Meles to throw himself from the highest part of the rock. When Meles saw that Timagoras was dead, he was stricken with remorse, threw himself from the same rock, and perished.

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  • Meles, stricken with remorse, threw himself from the same rock and perished.(Book 1 · Chapter 30)
    • With: Timagoras
    • “But Meles, when he saw that Timagoras was dead, was so stricken with remorse, that he threw himself down from the same rock, and so perished.”

Book 1 · Chapter 30

  • admired: Timagoras (Timagoras was enamoured of Meles.) “Timagoras, a resident alien who was enamoured of him”
  • with Timagoras (Timagoras was enamoured of Meles.) “Timagoras, a resident alien who was enamoured of him”
  • with Timagoras (Meles ordered Timagoras to throw himself from the rock.) “Meles an Athenian, tired of Timagoras, a resident alien who was enamoured of him, bade him go to the highest part of the rock and throw himself down.”

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