Antimachus

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[an-tim-uh-kuhs] / ænˈtɪm ə kəs /

noun

1. Also called the Colophonian.  flourished c410 b.c., Greek poet.

2. (in theIliad ) a chieftain who believed that the Trojans should not return Helen to Menelaus.

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Example Sentences

To the Theban cycle belong: the Thebais or Expedition of Amphiaraus and the Epigoni of Antimachus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Dear to my heart be a friend's unbulky memorial ever; 10 Cherish an Antimachus, weighty as empty, the mob.

From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson

And so from Antimachus onward Polynices and Eteocles are the tragic figures of the epic.

From Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

Now if anything could have drawn Mr. Rickman out it was Antimachus of Colophon.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May

Hence doubtless the claim of Colophon to be the native city of Homer—a claim supported in the early times of Homeric learning by the Colophonian poet and grammarian Antimachus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various