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Melissus 5th century BC
Greek philosopher and politician

He commanded the Samian fleet which defeated the Athenians under Pericles in a battle in 441BC. He was probably a pupil of Parmenides of Elea and wrote a book entitled On Nature which elaborated Parmenides' views on the properties of reality and which most influenced the atomists, Democritus and Leucippus, in their response to Eleatic doctrines.