▁contract ▁was ▁signed ▁to ▁build ▁a ▁new ▁Museum ▁of ▁Bel ize ▁in ▁Bel m op an , ▁replacing ▁the ▁museum ▁opened ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁in ▁Bel ize ▁City . ▁ ▁The ▁new ▁museum ▁was ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁the ▁National ▁Institute ▁of ▁Culture ▁and ▁History ▁( N IC H ) ▁network ▁of ▁cultural ▁and ▁her itage ▁sites . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁S ources ▁ ▁Category : M useum s ▁in ▁Bel ize ▁Category : M eso amer ican ▁art ▁museum s ▁Category : Build ings ▁and ▁structures ▁in ▁Bel m op an ▁Category : Arch ae ology ▁of ▁Bel ize ▁Category : National ▁museum s <0x0A> </s> ▁Met rod orus ▁of ▁Lam ps ac us ▁( ; ▁ 5 th ▁century ▁BC ) ▁was ▁a ▁Pres ocr atic ▁phil os opher ▁from ▁the ▁Greek ▁town ▁of ▁Lam ps ac us ▁on ▁the ▁eastern ▁shore ▁of ▁the ▁H elles pont . ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁contemporary ▁and ▁friend ▁of ▁An ax ag or as . ▁He ▁wrote ▁on ▁H omer , ▁the ▁leading ▁feature ▁of ▁his ▁system ▁of ▁interpretation ▁being ▁that ▁the ▁de ities ▁and ▁stories ▁in ▁H omer ▁were ▁to ▁be ▁understood ▁as ▁alleg or ical ▁modes ▁of ▁representing ▁physical ▁powers ▁and ▁phen omena . ▁He ▁is ▁mentioned ▁in ▁Pl ato ' s ▁dialog ue ▁I on . ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁ 4 6 4 ▁BC . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Der ▁Kle ine ▁Paul y . ▁vol . ▁ 3 , ▁col . ▁ 1 2 8 0