Melanthius
historical figure · 4 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Melanthius of Rhodes
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Birds
A tragic poet mocked by Euelpides, whose association makes the town of Lepreum disgusting to him.
I could not look at Lepreum without disgust, because of Melanthius.
Lucullus
Pupil of Carneades noted for charm.
Of these the greatest industry was in Clitomachus (the multitude of his books declares it), no less genius in Hagnon, eloquence in Charmadas, charm in Melanthius of Rhodes;
The Histories
Athenian citizen of unblemished reputation appointed admiral of the twenty ships Athens sent to aid the Ionians.
The Athenians, now persuaded, voted to send twenty ships to aid the Ionians, appointing for their admiral Melanthius, a citizen of Athens who had an unblemished reputation.
Hellenica
One of the generals whom Theramenes accuses of plotting to build a fort admitting the enemy in order to bring the state under oligarchic control.
But when the Lacedaemonians did not in the least relax their efforts in prosecuting the war, and Aristoteles, Melanthius, Aristarchus, and their fellow-generals were found to be building a fort on the peninsula, into which they proposed to admit the enemy and so bring the state under the control of themselves and their oligarchical associates,—if I perceived this plan and thwarted it, is that bein …