Antimachus
Americannoun
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Also called the Colophonian. flourished c410 b.c., Greek poet.
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(in theIliad ) a chieftain who believed that the Trojans should not return Helen to Menelaus.
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Are ye indeed the offspring of the Chief165 Antimachus, who when my brother once With godlike Laertiades your town Enter'd ambassador, his death advised In council, and to let him forth no more?
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
Antimachus our sire Is rich in various treasure, gold and brass, And temper'd steel, and, hearing the report160 That in Achaia's fleet his sons survive, He will requite thee with a glorious price.
From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William
It put me in mind of that verse of Antimachus the poet, where he says— “The ship sailed smoothly through the sylvan sea.”
From Trips to the Moon by Francklin, Thomas
And Antimachus the Colophonian mentions it in his Thebais, where he says— The hyca, or the horse-fish, or the one Which they do call the thrush.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
Yes, she was collecting material for a book on Antimachus of Colophon.
From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May
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