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

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

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

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

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 Cowper, William