Alcon

[ al-kon ]

nounClassical Mythology.
  1. a noted archer who helped Hercules abduct the cattle of Geryon.

  2. a Trojan warrior who wounded Odysseus while trying to seize the body of Achilles and who was later killed by Odysseus.

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How to use Alcon in a sentence

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  • The philosopher saw Alcon, the peaceful citizen, who had just come down from the Acropolis, pass through the centre of the Forum.

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  • With this melancholy exclamation Alcon said farewell to the Greek, who descended the rope in silence.

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  • The prudent Alcon seemed to enjoy great ascendancy, and he figured at the head of the assembly.

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  • One morning, on his way to the upper part of the mount where the defense continued, Acton met the prudent Alcon in the Forum.

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  • The surgeon Alcon made a fortune of nearly £100,000 by a few years' practice in Gaul.