Melampus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The King also demanded to see two relics of his youth, when he was Captain of H. M. S. Melampus.
From Time Magazine Archive
His father, the King Emperor, did indeed command H. M. S. Melampus in his youth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Melampus, in old time, in Pylus dwelt, Mother of flocks, alike for wealth renown’d And the magnificence of his abode.
From The Odyssey of Homer by Cowper, William
I partic’larly remembers a case in p’int when I was up the Mediterranean in the old Melampus.
From A Middy in Command A Tale of the Slave Squadron by Hodgson, Edward S.
The Melampus and Diana, Dutch vessels, passed beyond and engaged the southern batteries of the town.
From The Pirate City An Algerine Tale by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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