Meges
mythological figure · 2 works · 5 mentions · 6 anchored passages
son of Phyleus · Meges peer of Ares · Meges son of Phyleus · Meges, son of Phyleus
in the texts
Iliad
Achaean leader, son of Phyleus, who kills Pedaios.
The son of Phyleus got close up to him and drove a spear into the nape of his neck:
Meges son of Phyleus, Amphion, and Drakios commanded the Epeans, while Medon and staunch Podarkes led the men of Phthia.
Those who were about Ajax and King Idomeneus, the followers moreover of Teucer, Meriones, and Meges peer of Ares called all their best men about them and sustained the fight against Hektor and the Trojans, but the main body fell back upon the ships of the Achaeans.
Iphigenia in Aulis
Son of Phyleus, named leader of the Taphian warriors from the Echinades in the catalogue of the fleet.
Iikewise he led the Taphian warriors with the white oar-blades, the subjects of Meges, son of Phyleus, who had left the isles of the Echinades, where sailors cannot land.