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

Diodotus Soter appears also on coins struck in his memory by the later Graeco-Bactrian kings Agathocles and Antimachus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Antimachus of Kolophon and one Nikeratus of Heraklea each wrote a poem on his deeds, and competed before him for a prize, at the Lysandreia.

From Plutarch's Lives, Volume II by Stewart, Aubrey

Dear to my heart are aye the lightest works of my comrade, 10Leave I the mob to enjoy tumidest Antimachus.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

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

From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) by Bryant, Jacob

Yes, she was collecting material for a book on Antimachus of Colophon.

From The Divine Fire by Sinclair, May