Melampus

American  

[muh-lam-puhs] / məˈlæm pəs /

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. the first seer and healer: his ears were licked by serpents he had raised, enabling him to understand the speech and wisdom of animals.

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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

As in the Northern hemisphere, Melampus or Convolvulus is the genus represented in such localities.

From Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded By the Late Captain Owen Stanley, R.N., F.R.S. Etc. During the Years 1846-1850. Including Discoveries and Surveys in New Guinea, the Louisiade Archipelago, Etc. to Which Is Added the Account of Mr. E.B. Kennedy's Expedition for the Exploration of the Cape York Peninsula. By John Macgillivray, F.R.G.S. Naturalist to the Expedition. — Volume 2 by MacGillivray, John

Melampus, a noted mythical leech of Argos, before the Trojan War, was said to have made use of healing-spells in his practice.

From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means

One of the Egyptians, who brought these rites to Greece, is mentioned under the name of Melampus: as the Egyptians are, in general, under the character of Melampodes.

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob