Meles (Athenian)
Meles ( Greek Μέλης ) is a young Athenian in Greek mythology .
Timagoras fell in love with the young man, but was rejected as an unlawful meticulous . Meles even haughtily asked him to throw himself from the highest rock of the Acropolis . The lover obeyed. Meles became so remorseful about this that he followed Timagoras to death. The metics of the city saw in this story the reason for their veneration of the altar for Anteros , the god who avenged spurned love.
Another version of the legend speaks of a Melitos who campaigned for the Athenian Timagoras. On his behalf he performed difficult tasks, gave him birds, dogs, slaves and other things, but could not win his affection. Desperate for the unrequited love, Melitos ultimately threw himself from the Acropolis. In reverse, it was Timagoras who jumped after with the birds under their arms.
Remarks
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Stoll : Meles 1 . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 2.2, Leipzig 1897, column 2626 ( digitized version ).
- Hans von Geisau : Meles. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 3, Stuttgart 1969, column 1171 f.