<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Akukho ukwaziswa okuningi okusele ngokuphila 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 yaseSamian e  <response>: Impi yaseSamian, futhi yanqoba uPericles nomkhumbi wase-Athene 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. 