In Greek mythology , Mégês Phyleïdês (Ancient Greek : Μέγης Φυλεΐδης) was the commander of Epeans and/or Dulichians during the Trojan War .
Art Illustration depicting Meges
Meges was the son of King Phyleus of Dulichium[1] Eustyoche ,[2] Ctimene ,[3] Ctesimache ,[4] Hagnete [5] Timandra .[6]
Meges’ (half-)sister was Eurydameia , mother of Cleitus and Euchenor by the seer Polyidus of Corinth .[7]
Meges was one of the suitors of Helen ,[8] Echinadians and the Dulichians during the Trojan War , having summoned forty or sixty ships; he also led a contingent of Epeans who had once migrated to Dulichium together with his father.[4] [9]
Meges was credited with killing a number of opponents, including Pedaeus (a son of Antenor ),[10] Croesmus ,[11] Amphiclus ,[12] Itymoneus , Agelaus ,[13] Eurymenes ,[14] Deiopites .[15] Dolops attempted to strike him with a spear but the corselet Meges was wearing, a gift for his father from Euphetes of Ephyra , saved his life.[16] Odysseus to collect gifts for Achilles .[17] Trojan Horse .[18]
According to Dictys Cretensis , Meges fell at Troy.[19] Pausanias mentions a painting of him wounded in the arm by a Trojan, Admetes the son of Augeas.[20] Tzetzes relates that Meges, along with Prothous and a number of others, perished at Euboea .[21]
Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 577
Tzetzes, Homeric Allegories Prologue 576
Homer, Iliad 2.625, 5.69, 13.692 & 15.531; Euripides , Iphigenia in Aulis 284; Hyginus, Fabulae 97 Quintus Smyrnaeus, 10.108
Quintus Smyrnaeus, 13.212
Quintus Smyrnaeus, 12.326
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Tzetzes, John , Allegories of the Iliad translated by Goldwyn, Adam J. and Kokkini, Dimitra. Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library, Harvard University Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-674-96785-4 
