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

He said, and call'd on noble Nestor's sons, On Meges, Phyleus' son, Meriones, Thoas, and Lycomedes, Creon's son, And Melanippus; they together sought The mighty monarch Agamemnon's tent.

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

Meges, moreover, slew Pedaeus, son of Antenor, who, though he was a bastard, had been brought up by Theano as one of her own children, for the love she bore her husband.

From The Iliad by Homer

Meges the bold, with Ajax famed for speed, The warrior roused, and to the entrenchments lead.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

Each Ajax, Teucer, Merion gave command, The valiant leader of the Cretan band; And Mars-like Meges: these the chiefs excite, Approach the foe, and meet the coming fight.

From The Iliad by Pope, Alexander

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