Antilochus

[an-til-uh-kuhs]

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a son of Nestor and a trusted friend of Achilles.

Example Sentences

But instead he saw old Nestor’s son running toward him, fleet-footed Antilochus.

From Literature

Prince Memnon of Ethiopia, the son of the Goddess of the Dawn, came to the assistance of Troy with a large army and for a time, even though Hector was gone, the Greeks were hard-pressed and lost many a gallant warrior, including swift-footed Antilochus, old Nestor’s son.

From Literature

They all thought of Troy and what had happened since, and they wept—Telemachus for his father; Nestor’s son for his brother, swift-footed Antilochus, dead before the walls of Troy; Menelaus for many a brave comrade fallen on the Trojan plain, and Helen—but who could say for whom Helen’s tears fell?

From Literature

ANTILOCHUS, in Greek legend, son of Nestor, king of Pylos.

From Project Gutenberg

Then the Trojans trembled, for they knew the shields of Diomede and Ulysses, and they thought that the tall chief in the armour of Achilles was Achilles himself, come back from the land of the dead to take vengeance for Antilochus.

From Project Gutenberg