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Antilochus

[ an-til-uh-kuhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.
  1. a son of Nestor and a trusted friend of Achilles.


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And Antilochus sat weeping; but ever he held the hands of Achilles, lest he should slay himself in his great grief.

Sore dismayed was Antilochus to hear such tidings, and his eyes were filled with tears and his voice was choked.

Antilochus first killed a Trojan warrior, Echepolus, son of Thalysias, valiant in the van.

Thus he spoke; but grief came upon the Greeks at his boasting, and it particularly agitated the mind of warlike Antilochus.

Thus they, then, 569 were fighting, like a blazing fire; but swift-footed Antilochus came as a messenger to Achilles.

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