Antimachus

[ an-tim-uh-kuhs ]

/ ænˈtɪm ə kəs /

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noun

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

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

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How to use Antimachus in a sentence

This is manifest from a passage in Antimachus, quoted by Pausanias, where her temple is spoken of as the shrine of a Fury.
A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)|Jacob Bryant
For many treasures lie in the houses of Antimachus, brass, gold, and variously-wrought iron.
The Iliad of Homer (1873)|Homer
He was both critic and poet; he corrected the works of Antimachus, and beautifully versified the fable of the Atlantidae.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1|Plotinos (Plotinus)
In imitation of Antimachus he wrote a work called Catachannae, probably a kind of miscellanea.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7|Various

Many valiant men he slew, and among them the two sons of Antimachus.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church