Melampus
Americannoun
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His father, the King Emperor, did indeed command H. M. S. Melampus in his youth.
From Time Magazine Archive
The King also demanded to see two relics of his youth, when he was Captain of H. M. S. Melampus.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melampus was considered by the Greeks the first mortal to practise healing.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands
It consisted of the Bellona, seventy-four, the Triumph, seventy-four, the Leopard, fifty, and the Melampus, thirty-eight.
From Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 by Barnes, James
My name," he said, "is Theoclymenus, and I am descended from Melampus, the famous seer, from whom I have inherited the prophetic gift.
From Stories from the Odyssey by Havell, H. L. (Herbert Lord)
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