Vasiliki Vasileiou, Georgios K. Markantes, Anastasia K. Armeni, Konstantina Barouti, Angeliki Georgopoulou, Neoklis A. Georgopoulos
Dear Editor, In Greek mythology, Melampus, son of Amythaon was a seer and healer. His name means “black foot” or “man with the black feet” as, according to the legend, when he was a neonate he was left by his mother with his feet exposed to the bright sun. Being the Greek prototype of the shaman, he was, according to Herodotus, the introducer of the worship of Dionysus and the creator of an entire school of magic …