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In Greek mythology Melanthus (Μέλανθος) was a king of Messenia. He was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia by the descendants of Heracles as part of the legendary Return of the Heracleidae later associated with the supposed Dorian invasion. He fled to Athens along with other of the expelled Neleidae Alcmaeon and the sons of Paeon.