(), an Athenian, who was beloved by Timagoras, but
refused to listen to him, and ordered him to leap from the rock of the acropolis. Timagoras,
who was only a metoikos at Athens, did as he was bid; but Meles, repenting of his cruel
command, likewise threw himself from the rock; and the Athenians from that time are said to
have worshipped Anteros, as the avenger of Timagoras. (
Meles is also the god of the river Meles, near Smyrna; and this river-god was believed by
some to have been the father of Homer. (Vit. Script. Graec. p. 27, ed.
Westermann.)