Melanthius

Then he called Melanthius, and bade him light a fire, and bring a ball of lard to anoint the bow and make it easier to bend.

Stories from the Odyssey

Ulysses was by Melanthius [2279] in Homer, be reviled, baffled, insulted over, for [2280] potentiorum stultitia perferenda est, and may not so much as mutter against it.

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

Melanthius, when he was ridiculed by a comedian, said, You pay me now something that you do not owe me.

Symposiacs 2004

And Archippus the popular Athenian was much displeased with Melanthius for being smart on his crooked back; for

Symposiacs 2004

Melanthius, when he was ridiculed by a comedian, said, You pay me now something that you do not owe me.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

Melanthius had said that he did not stand at the head of the state but bowed down before it.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

Melanthius had said that he did not stand at the head of the state but bowed down before it.

Symposiacs 2004

And Archippus the popular Athenian was much displeased with Melanthius for being smart on his crooked back; for

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

Melanthius and the unfaithful servants are executed.

The Odyssey of Homer 2003

So it is stated by the historians, and in the following verses by the poet Melanthius: —

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003