Phyleides
Family: Greek mythology · Role: leader of the Epeans · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 26
In Book 6, Chapter 26, Phyleides is identified as leader of the Epeans and companion of Otus of Cyllene. At Cyllene, Polydamas killed Otus.
Relationship record
Life events
- Polydamas killed Otus, companion of Phyleides and leader of the Epeans.(Book 6 · Chapter 26 · 📍 Cyllene)
Book 6 · Chapter 26
- with Otus (Otus was the companion of Phyleides.) “And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.”
- with Homer (Homer's Iliad mentions Phyleides.) “Homer has not mentioned Cyllene in his Catalogue of the people of Elis, but subsequently in the Iliad shews that he knew that there was such a town as Cyllene. ‘And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.’”
- friends with Otus (Otus is described as the companion of Phyleides.) “And Polydamas killed Otus of Cyllene, the companion of Phyleides, the leader of the brave Epeans.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.