Meles
Meles means:
- a genus of Eurasian badgers, see Meles (genus)
in ancient geography:
- Meles (river) , waters near Smyrna, on the banks of which, according to legend, Homer wrote his poems, possibly the Halkapınar , a spring pond in İzmir that drains into the Mediterranean Sea
- Meles (Paphlagonia) , a small river in Paphlagonia, flows into the Black Sea at Kromna, about 5 km west of today's Kuruçasile in Turkey
Name of persons:
- in Greek mythology :
- Meles (Athenian) , who rejected the love of the meticulous Timagoras and thus drove him to his death
- Meles (Trojans) , killed by Eurylaus in the battle for Troy
- historical:
- Meles (Lydia) , King of Lydia (Asia Minor)
- Meles of Bari († 1020), Apulian separatist
First names of persons:
- Meles Zenawi (1955–2012), Ethiopian politician
See also:
