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2. A Delian who fled to Cinyras in Cyprus. Cinyras gave him his son Adonis as a companion, and his relative Peleia in marriage. The fruit of this marriage was a son, who was likewise called Melus, and whom he caused to be brought up in the sanctuary of Venus. On the death of Adonis, the elder Melus hung himself from grief, and his wife followed his example. Aphrodite then metamorphosed Melus into an apple (μῆλον), and his wife into a dove (πέλεια). The younger Melus was ordered by the goddess to return with a colony to Delos, where he founded the town of Delos. There the sheep were called from him μῆλα, because he first taught the inhabitants to shear them, and make cloth out of their wool. (Serv. ad Virg. Eclog. 8.37.)

William Smith. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. London. John Murray: printed by Spottiswoode and Co., New-Street Square and Parliament Street. In the article on Soranus, we find: "at this present time (1848)" and this date seems to reflect the dates of works cited. 1873 - probably the printing date.

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