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                    <TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"><text xml:base="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><body xml:lang="eng" n="urn:cts:pdlrefwk:viaf88890045.003.perseus-eng1"><div type="textpart" subtype="alphabetic_letter" n="M"><div type="textpart" subtype="entry" xml:id="megacles-bio-2" n="megacles_2"><head><persName xml:lang="la"><surname full="yes">Me'gacles</surname></persName></head><p>2. An officer in the service of Pyrrhus, who accompanied that monarch on his expedition to
      Italy, <date when-custom="-280">B. C. 280</date>. He is mentioned as accompanying Pyrrhus when he
      reconnoitered the Roman camp previous to the battle of Heracleia; and in that action was the
      means of saving the king's life, by exchanging armour with him, and thus directing the efforts
      of the assailants upon himself, instead of Pyrrhus. He fell a victim to his devotion, being
      slain by a Roman named Decius. (Plnt. <hi rend="ital">Pyrrh.</hi> 16, 17; <bibl n="Zonar. 8.3">Zonar. 8.3</bibl>.) </p><byline>[<ref target="author.E.H.B">E.H.B</ref>]</byline></div></div></body></text></TEI>
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