Antimachus

[ an-tim-uh-kuhs ]

noun

1. Also called the Col·o·pho·ni·an [th, uh, kol-, uh, -, foh, -nee-, uh, n]. flourished c410 b.c., Greek poet.
2. (in the Iliad ) a chieftain who believed that the Trojans should not return Helen to Menelaus.

Example Sentences

This is manifest from a passage in Antimachus, quoted by Pausanias, where her temple is spoken of as the shrine of a Fury.

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For many treasures lie in the houses of Antimachus, brass, gold, and variously-wrought iron.

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He was both critic and poet; he corrected the works of Antimachus, and beautifully versified the fable of the Atlantidae.

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In imitation of Antimachus he wrote a work called Catachannae, probably a kind of miscellanea.

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Many valiant men he slew, and among them the two sons of Antimachus.

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