Character · Individual

Phyleus

Published entity metadata

Read-only identity and editorial metadata.

Canonical name: Phyleus
Disambiguator: None
Kind: Character
Scope: Individual
Editorial note: No editorial note published.

Aliases

No aliases recorded.

Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

Buprasium1 observation

·Remembered

Nestor remembers out-throwing Phyleus at the games in Buprasium.

See evidence text

“when the Epeans were burying King Amarynceus in Buprasium, and his sons offered prizes in his honour. There was then none that could vie with me neither of the Epeans nor the Pylians themselves nor the Aetolians. In boxing I overcame Clytomedes son of Enops, and in wrestling, Ancaeus of Pleuron who had come forward against me. Iphiclus was a good runner, but I beat him, and threw farther with my spear than either Phyleus or Polydorus.”

Claims

·Direct

Valiant Phyleus, dear to Jove, quarrels with his father and leaves to settle in Dulichium; his son Meges leads the island force.

See evidence text

“And those of Dulichium with the sacred Echinean islands, who dwelt beyond the sea off Elis; these were led by Meges, peer of Mars, and the son of valiant Phyleus, dear to Jove, who quarrelled with his father, and went to settle in Dulichium. With him there came forty ships.”

·Direct

Phyleus brought the metal-plated corslet from Ephyra after King Euphetes gave it to him for protection; it now saves his son Meges.

See evidence text

“Phyleus had brought it from Ephyra and the river Selleis, where his host, King Euphetes, had given it him to wear in battle and protect him. It now served to save the life of his son”

Additional evidence

Evidence records not already represented by a claim.

·Direct

“Phyleus”

·Direct

“Meges son of Phyleus”

·Direct

“the son of Phyleus’ shield”

·Direct

“Meges son of Phyleus”

·Remembered

“either Phyleus or Polydorus”