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Melian, n. and a.|ˈmiːlɪən|
Also Melean.
[f. Melos (Gr. Μῆλος), the name of an island in the ægean Sea + -ian.]
a. n. An inhabitant of Melos.
b. adj. Of or pertaining to the island of Melos.
1550T. Nicolls tr. Thucydides' Hystory [Peloponnesian War] v. xi. sig. Bb3v The Meliens..refused to be under the obeissaunce of the Athenyans. 1629T. Hobbes tr. Thucydides' Peloponnesian Warre v. 341 Dialogue betweene the Athenians and Melians. 1709I. Littlebury tr. Herodotus' Hist. II. viii. 300 The Hermionians..were ejected by Hercules and the Melians out of that Country which is now call'd Doris. Ibid. 302 The Melians..arriv'd in Gallies of fifty Oars. 1832J. Bell Syst. Geogr. II. 513 Marbles of many varieties are abundant in Greece... Another variety was..the Melian. 1887L. E. Upcott Introd. Greek Sculpture viii. 110 The statue of Aphrodite in the Louvre, called the ‘Melian Venus’ (Venus de Milo), found in 1820 in the island of Melos. 1910W. James Mem. & Stud. (1911) 270 The Meleans say that sooner than be slaves they will appeal to the gods. 1936Discovery Oct. 325/1 One of the finest Egyptian masterpieces in the world, a royal portrait, was actually executed in Melian obsidian. 1946G. Murray Euripides & his Age v. 128 The Melians..answer as best they can. 1968Encycl. Brit. XV. 132/1 The Melian earth was employed as a pigment by ancient artists. Ibid. 132/2 In 416 b.c. the Athenians attacked the island and compelled the Melians to surrender. |