Meges

American  

[mee-jeez] / ˈmi dʒiz /

noun

1. a nephew of Odysseus who commanded the Epeans in the Trojan War.

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Example Sentences

Lo, faithful Nestor thy command obeys; The care is next our other chiefs to raise: Ulysses, Diomed, we chiefly need; Meges for strength, Oileus famed for speed.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

Ah Meges, to bring back thy spirit to earth is to me impossible, and of empty hopes the end is naught.

From The Extant Odes of Pindar by Pindar

Meges Pedaeus slew, Antenor's son, A bastard born, but by Theano rear'd With tender care, and nurtur'd as her son, With her own children, for her husband's sake.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

But Meges next slew Pedæus, son of Antenor, who, indeed, was a spurious son, yet noble Theano brought him up with care, equally with her own dear children, gratifying her husband.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Forty ships were manned by the Elians, under four different chiefs; the like number under Meges from Dulichium and the Echinades, and under Thoas from Calydon and the other Ætolian towns.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by Rudd, John