Μελάμπους

French (Bailly abrégé)

ποδος (ὁ) :
Mélampous, célèbre médecin et devin.
Étymologie: μέλας, πούς.

English (Autenrieth)

Melampus, son of Amythāon, a famous seer in Pylus. Undertaking to fetch from Phylace in Thessaly the cattle of Iphiclus, and thus to win the hand of Pero for his brother Bias, he was taken captive, as he had himself predicted, and held prisoner for one year, when in consequence of good counsel given by him he was set free by Iphiclus, gained his end, and settled in Argos, Od. 11.287 ff., Od. 15.225 ff.