During the fifth labour of
Heracles, the hero asked for payment from Augeas not revealing the command of
Eurystheus. But the Elean king knowing the task imposed to the hero, he refused to give him his reward. During the arbitration, Phyleus, witness of the task, was called by Heracles to testify against Augeas. Phyleus supported the hero instead of his father in the matter of the Augean Stables thus in his anger, the king exiled both Phyleus and Heracles. After the latter killed Augeas and his other sons, he gave Phyleus the kingdom. During the time of his exile, Phyleus led a colony of
Epeans to the island of
Dulichium. Thus, his son Meges led the contingent from Dulichium to the
Trojan War. ==Notes==