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[629] Phyleus had to leave his home because he bore witness against his father Augeias, who endeavoured to cheat Herakles of the reward promised him for the cleansing of the stables. See Pind. O. xi. 31. In 13.692, 15.519 Meges is still king of the Epeians; the legend of his migration northwards to the coast of Aitolia looks like a reflex of the migration of the Aitolians S. to Elis. Such invasions were commonly justified as bringing back an expelled family to their old realm. The case of the Herakleidai is the most familiar, but there are many others.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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