{{Short description, King from Ephyre in Greek mythology In

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, Euphetes (

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: Εὐφήτης) was the king from Ephyre (a place near the river Selleis in the

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Euphetes received

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and gave him a corselet as a present, which later saved

Meges In Greek mythology, Mégês Phyleïdês (Ancient Greek: Μέγης Φυλεΐδης) was the commander of Epeans and/or Dulichians during the Trojan War. Family Meges was the son of King Phyleus of Dulichium and his mother's name is vario ...

' life at

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”But his (i.e. Meges) cunningly-wrought corselet saved him, the corselet that he was wont to wear, fitted with plates of mail. This Phyleus had brought from out of Ephyre, from the river Seleïs. For a guest-friend of his, the king of men Euphetes, had given it him that he might wear it in war, a defence against foe-men; and this now warded death from the body of his son.”Homer, ''Iliad'' 15.529-535

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