# Melchior — Ben Hur character guide

> Melchior in Ben Hur by Lew Wallace.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Hindu, Melchior the Hindu

**First appearance:** 0001-ben-hur

## Who they are

One of the three wise men who visited the infant Jesus.

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