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

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

From The Iliad by Alexander Pope

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 Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of Derby

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

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 Theodore Alois Buckley

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