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Antilochus

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[an-til-uh-kuhs] / ænˈtɪl ə kəs /

noun

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


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

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

But two heroes, illustrious men, Thrasymedes and Antilochus, had not yet heard that blameless Patroclus was dead; but thought that, still alive, he was fighting with the Trojans in the foremost tumult.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

Next to him Nelcian Antilochus drove his steeds, outstripping Menelaus by stratagem, not indeed by speed.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

"Wail for me, Antilochus, rather than for the dead man—for me, Achilles, who still live."

From A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion by Symonds, John Addington

They could not help shedding tears, for Pisistratus remembered his dear brother Antilochus, whom Memnon slew in battle at Troy, Memnon the son of the bright Dawn.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

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