Meges

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[mee-jeez] / ˈmi dʒiz /

noun

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

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Meges

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 Alexander Pope

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 Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby

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 John Rudd

Then Meges, rising, with his pointed lance The bushy crest of Dolops' helmet drove Sheer from its base; new-tinged with purple bright650 Entire it fell and mingled with the dust.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper

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 Alexander Pope