Melissus, The name of him which first did sacrifice vnto Idols. Also the name of an auntient philosopher.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
Mĕlissus, i, m., = *me/lissos. I. (Also called Mĕlisseus, = *melisseu/s.) A king of Crete, father of Melissa and Amalthea, Lact. 1, 22, 19; ib. 28.—II.A grammarian and comic poet, librarian to Augustus, Ov. P. 4, 16, 30; cf. Suet. Gram. 21.—III.A philosopher of Samos, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 118.