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Melas

One of the four sons of Phrixus and Khalkiope (Chalciope).

He and his brothers were raised in Kolkhis (Colchis) but after their father died, he and his brothers left Kolkhis to avenge their father’s ill treatment by king Athamas of Orkhomenos (Orchomenos) and were stranded on the Island of Ares in the Euxine (Black Sea); they were rescued from the island by the Argonauts; he and his brothers joined the crew of the Argo and returned to Kolkhis.

His brothers were: Kytissoros (Cytissoros), Phrontis and Argus.

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