He obtained Phylacus's cattle, enabling the marriage of his cousin Pero to his brother Bias, and cured the impotence of Iphiclus using the rust from a knife.
According to some sources, this man was responsible for the stench of the river Anigrus, having thrown into it the foul objects he used to purify the daughters of Proetus. This grandson of Cretheus was the first mortal to temper wine with water and the first to practice as a physician. He obtained Phylacus's cattle, enabling the marriage of his cousin Pero to his brother Bias, and cured the impotence of Iphiclus using the rust from a knife. FTP, name this first mortal to be granted prophetic powers who overheard two woodworms discussing the collapse of the roof of his prison cell.
According to some sources, this man was responsible for the stench of the river Anigrus, having thrown into it the foul objects he used to purify the daughters of Proetus.
Melampus