Galaxy/The codex of Meges

Son of Phyleus, peer of Ares, who led the folk of Dulichium and the holy Echinae isles in forty black ships to Troy.1

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Homer reckons Meges among the foremost spearmen of the Achaean host — Phyleus' son, famed for his spear, who in battle drove his bronze through an enemy's jaw. Agamemnon would have him roused with Diomedes and Odysseus for the night ambush against the Trojans.2

the spine ignites as you read · hover a bond on the card — every mention of them lights in the story

BEYOND THE POETS

How the centuries since have seen Meges — art, artifacts and echoes.

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