[1249] μελέη: 'in vain.' In Hom. μέλεος is always used like ἠλεός 'fruitless.' Elsewhere Ap. always uses it in the classical sense of 'wretched,' a meaning which is first found in Hes. Th. 563, μελέοισι … θνητοῖς.
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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