 The epithet "Melesigenes" was applied to him; the cave where he was wont to compose his poems was shown near the source of the river; his temple, the "Homereum", stood on its banks.The steady equable flow of the Meles, alike in summer and winter, and its short course, beginning and ending near the city, are celebrated by Aristides and Himerius.The stream rises from abundant springs east of the city and flows into the southeast extremity of the gulf.