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Melos is a progressive rock album released in 1973 by the Italian band Cervello.
The lyrics focus around an interpretation of the singing from a Greek mythology point of view. The music is a successful fusion of Mediterranean sounds with typical complex progressive rock ones, as well as with experimental parts. Flutes are dominant in much of the songs, as four members of the band played that instrument.
MELOS (Mars Exploration of Life-Organism Search) is a Japanese rover mission concept under study for an engineering demonstration of precision landing, and to look for possible biosignatures on Mars using a rover.
Melos is an island in Greece, known in history for the Battle of Melos 415 BC
Melos may also refer to:
- Melos Ensemble , London based classical chamber music group 1950-present
- Melos Quartet, German string quartet 1965-2005.
- Melos (Cervello album)
- Melos, album by Paolo Fresu 2001
- Melos, album by Vassilis Tsabropoulos 2008
- Golden Melos (Zlatni Melos) award Marinko Rokvić in 1993 and others
- MELOS ("Mars Exploration with a Lander-Orbiter Synergy") proposed Japanese Mars exploration mission
Usage examples of "melos".
Their bases are few, having only two planets, Melos and Illyria, neither of them as well defended as was Cadmus.
Lame Deer, and Marius walked abreast along one of the sidewalks of Melos, which was the name of the principle market city, as well as that of the planet itself.
Miles had expected a noisy, raucous spacer-town, but Melos was nearly silent, and rather picturesque in the cool evening.
Cimmerian Fleet to a banquet, to be held at my Melos villa this evening.
Ludmilla had, reluctantly, left behind the swashbuckling lady-pirate outfit she had worn on Melos and was now dressed in a demure belted gown, with all weapons tucked out of sight.
On Melos, he told me why he had chosen to follow you into the church service.
He was the young, handsome officer she had seen on Melos, the one who had been so objectionably familiar with her thigh.
In the room which he had rented in the city of Melos, he continued the task.
More mystery was awaiting me on the landing at Paphos harbour in the form of the jovial Mr Melos who stood on the wharf in his best blue suit, holding a card with my last name written on it.
Our greeter introduced himself and I understood at once why I had sweated and strained through the summer to learn the language: Mr Melos spoke no English.
The reason for my adventure remained obscure, and I had begun to wonder whether I ought to say something about it, when Mr Melos appeared as we were having breakfast one morning.
The statues, by a variety of hands in a variety of styles, had one element in common: their subjects were not ordinary humans and aliens and animals but idealized creatures like Michelangelos David or the Venus of Melos, as if Timshel City and its inhabitants were reaching for the perfection inherent in every being.
David or the Venus of Melos, as if Timshel City and its inhabitants were reaching for the perfection inherent in every being.
We arrived near dusk and Melos took us to our cottage, and introduced us to our housekeeper - a sister of his named Helena, a small, plump woman of mature years who chattered like a mynah bird whether anyone was listening or not.