Melas
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- Pavlos MelasPavlos MelasPavlos Melas was an officer of the Hellenic Army, and he was among the first who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia....
(1870–1904), an officer of the Greek army. - Panagiotis Melas, Greek politician and member of the Greek Parliament.
- Melas, KastoriaMelas, KastoriaMelas is a village in the regional unit of Kastoria, northern Greece. It belongs to the municipality of Kastoria and specifically to the municipal unit of Korestia. The previous name of the village was Statista, which was changed to Melas, since it was here that the Macedonian fighter Pavlos Melas...
, the village where Pavlos Melas died, part of the municipality Kastoria, Greece - Pavlos Melas (municipality)Pavlos Melas (municipality)Pavlos Melas is a municipality of the Thessaloniki Urban Area in the regional unit of Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It was named after the Greek hero of the Macedonian Struggle, Pavlos Melas. The seat of the municipality is in Stavroupoli...
, a municipality in the urban area of Thessaloniki, Greece - Michael von MelasMichael von MelasMichael Friedrich Benedikt Baron von Melas was a Transylvanian-born field marshal of Greek descent for the Austrian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars....
, an Austrian field marshal during the Napoleonic Wars - MELASMELASMitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes – abbreviated to MELAS – is one of the family of mitochondrial cytopathies, which also include MERRF, and Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy. It was first characterized under this name in 1984...
- Mitochondrial Encephalomyopathy, Lactic Acidosis, Stroke-like episodes. - Melas (mythology)Melas (mythology)In Greek mythology, the name Melas refers to a number of characters.*Melas, son of Poseidon and an unnamed nymph of Chios, brother of Agelus. He may or may not be identical to Melas, son of Poseidon, who was said to have given his name to the river Melas in Egypt, which was later renamed...
, name of eight different characters in Greek mythologyGreek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...