<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Hapana mashoko akawanda akasara pamusoro poupenyu hwaMelissus. Angangodaro akaberekwa munenge muna 500 BC; zuva rokufa kwake harizivikanwi. Zvishomanene zvinozivikanwa pamusoro pake zvikurukuru zvakaunganidzwa kubva mundima duku muPlutarchs Upenyu hwaPericles. Akanga ari mutungamiri wengarava dzevaSami muHondo yeSamian  <response>: , uye akakunda Pericles nezvikepe zveAtene muna 440 BC. Plutarch anotaura kuti Aristotle anoti Melissus akanga akurirawo Pericles muhondo yapfuura. Mubhuku rake rinonzi Life of Themistocles, Plutarch anoramba zvaitaurwa naStesimbrotus kuti Melissus aiyemurwa zvikuru naThemistocles, achiti akanga achivhiringidza Themistocles naPericles. Melissus aizivikanwa kuva akanga ari mudzidzi waParmenides, uye mudzidzisi waLeucippus, kunyange zvazvo munhu achifanira kurangarira kutaura kwakadaro nokusava nechokwadi kwakakwana. 