When it comes to the cult of Melikertes, Aristides describes it in much the same terms as Philostratos:

It is good to talk about Palaimon and sav his name and m m his, oath as YLdl asJQ take part in the Initiation ritual (telete) and the celebration of secret rites (orgiasmos) in his honor, and also-so great is the desire (himeros) attached to the boy-to see in the picture the bloom and freshness and flower of the boy when he is on the back of the sea, and when he is in his mother’s arms. For these are the sweetest of sights to see and to hear

Aelius Aristides, 46.40 (Keil, vol. 2, p. 375)