Phyleus

Watches Hercules clean out his father Augeas’ stables.

Genealogy

Augeas

Agamede, Agasthenes, Epicaste

Meges

Places
  1. Corinth
  2. Dulichium
  3. Elis
  4. River Ladon
Events
  1. Augeas agrees to give Hercules cattle if Hercules cleans his stables
  2. Phyleus testifies on Hercules’ behalf against Augeas
  3. Augeas expels Phyleus and Hercules from Elis
  4. Phyleus lives in exile in Dulichium
  5. Hercules gives control of Elis to Phyleus
  6. Meges fights with father and flees hometown to settle in Dulichium
  7. King Euphetes gives Phyleus a metal corselet
Citations
  1. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 5.5
  2. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Library, Section 7.2
  3. Apollodorus - Library and Epitome: Epitome, Section 3.12
  4. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 2, Section 625
  5. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 13, Section 673
  6. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 15, Section 514
  7. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 19, Section 238
  8. Homer - The Iliad: Scroll 23, Section 636
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