<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Akukho lwazi oluningi olusele mayelana nokuphila kukaMelissus. Kungenzeka ukuthi wazalwa cishe ngo-500 BC; usuku lokufa kwakhe alwaziwa. Okuncane okwaziwayo ngaye kuningi okutholakala endimeni encane encwadini kaPlutarch ethi Life of Pericles. Wayengumlawuli wemikhumbi yamaSami eMpini YamaSami  <response>: , futhi wanqoba uPericles nemikhumbi yaseAthene ngo-440 BC. UPlutarch uthi u-Aristotle uthi uMelissus naye wayehlule uPericles empini yangaphambili. Encwadini yakhe ethi Life of Themistocles, uPlutarch uyaphika ukuthi uMelissus wayehlonishwa kakhulu nguThemistocles, ethi udida uThemistocles noPericles. UMelissus wayedume ngokuba umfundi kaParmenides, nothisha kaLeucippus, nakuba umuntu kumelwe abheke lezo zimangalo ngokungangabazi. 