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  • Meges is represented 243 wounded in the arm just as Lescheos the son of Aeschylinus of

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • The Greek Meges, leader of the Epeans of Elis, was wounded in the arm by Admetus son of Augeias.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The Greek Meges, leader of the Epeans of Elis, was wounded in the arm by Admetus son of Augeias.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • Have your sons, Antilochos and Thrasymedes, also Meges the son of Phyleus, Meriones and Thoas, Lycoedes the son of Creon, and Melanippus too, carry the word of the feast to the very front of the fighting, so that no Achaean warrior goes without meat and wine for his midday meal this day!

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • _Meges of Sidon_ (20 B.C.) was a famous surgeon who practised in Rome shortly before the time of Celsus.

    Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine James Sands Elliott

  • : Meges is represented [3103] wounded in the arm just as Lescheos the son of Aeschylinus of Pyrrha describes in his "Sack of Ilium" where it is said that he was wounded in the battle which the Trojans fought in the night by Admetus, son of Augeias.

    Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod

  • When he had thus spoken he took with him the sons of Nestor, with Meges son of Phyleus, Thoas, Meriones, Lycomedes son of

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • And those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands, who dwelt beyond the sea off Elis; these were led by Meges, peer of

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • Teucer, Meriones, and Meges peer of Mars called all their best men about them and sustained the fight against Hector and the Trojans, but the main body fell back upon the ships of the Achaeans.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

  • When Meges saw this he sprang upon him, but Polydamas crouched down, and he missed him, for Apollo would not suffer the son of Panthous to fall in battle; but the spear hit Croesmus in the middle of his chest, whereon he fell heavily to the ground, and Meges stripped him of his armour.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

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