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Mĕlissus, i, m., = Μέλισσος.

  1. I. (Also called Mĕlisseus, = Μελισσεύς.) A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea, Lact. 1, 22, 19; ib. § 28.
  2. II. A grammarian and comic poet, librarian to Augustus, Ov. P. 4, 16, 30; cf. Suet. Gram. 21.
  3. III. A philosopher of Samos, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.