Mecisteus

First appears: The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

In Part 2 of The Contest of Homer and Hesiod, Eurypylus is identified as the son of Mecisteus and sprung of Talaus. At Argos, Mecisteus is among those present when the Argives reward Homer with gifts and a statue and decree recurring sacrifices to him and a sacrifice to Chios every five years.

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Life events

• The Argives rewarded Homer with gifts and a statue, and decreed recurring sacrifices to him and a five-yearly sacrifice to Chios.(The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2 · 📍 Argos)
  • With: Homer Diomedes Tydeus Oeneus Sthenelus Capaneus Eurypylus Talaus
  • “This praise of their race by the most famous of all poets so exceedingly delighted the leading Argives, that they rewarded him with costly gifts and set up a brazen statue to him, decreeing that sacrifice should be offered to Homer daily, monthly, and yearly; and that another sacrifice should be sent to Chios every five years.”

The Contest of Homer and Hesiod · Part 2

• child: Eurypylus “and with these two there went a third leader, Eurypylus, a godlike man, son of the lord Mecisteus, sprung of Talaus; but strong-voiced Diomedes was their chief leader.”
• parent: Talaus “and with these two there went a third leader, Eurypylus, a godlike man, son of the lord Mecisteus, sprung of Talaus; but strong-voiced Diomedes was their chief leader.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hesiod and Homerica. Made with Rho MD.