2. A son of Echius, and one of the companions of Teucer at Troy. (Hornm. Il. 8.333; comp. Hdt. 5.67.) Mecisteus also occurs as a surname of Heracles. (Lycoph. 651.)
[L.S]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890