Melanippus (slayer of Tydeus)

Also known as: Melanippus · Family: Thebans · Role: warrior · First appears: Book 9 · Chapter 18

Life events

• Melanippus slew Tydeus and Mecisteus during Thebes’ siege, then was himself slain by Amphiaraus.(Book 9 · Chapter 18 · 📍 Thebes)
  • With: Tydeus Mecisteus Amphiaraus
  • “Melanippus, one of the greatest warriors of the Thebans, who, when the Argives besieged Thebes, slew Tydeus and Mecisteus one of the brothers of Adrastus, and was himself slain they say by Amphiaraus.”

Book 9 · Chapter 18

• with Tydeus (Melanippus killed Tydeus.) “slew Tydeus”
• with Mecisteus (Melanippus killed Mecisteus.) “slew Tydeus and Mecisteus”
• with Amphiaraus (Amphiaraus killed Melanippus.) “was himself slain they say by Amphiaraus”

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