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, Melanthes , or Melanthius , a son of Andro pomp us, whose ancestors were kings of Pylos. He was driven from his paternal kingdom by the Heraclidæ, and came to Athens, where king Thymœtes resigned the crown to him, provided he fought a battle against Xanthus, a general of the Bœotians, who made war against him. He fought and conquered [ See: Apaturia ], and his family, surnamed the Neliadæ , sat on the throne of Athens, till the age of Codrus. He succeeded to the crown 1128 years B.C., and reigned 37 years. Pausanias , bk. 2 , ch. 18 .――A man of Cyzicus. Flaccus. ――A river of European Sarmatia, falling into the Borysthenes. Ovid , ex Ponto , bk. 4 , ltr. 10 , li. 55 .