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Dolon

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[doh-lon] / ˈdoʊ lɒn /

noun

  1. a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.


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It chanced that Hector too had thought of a similar plan and that Dolon had offered to reconnoitre the Greek position.

From Authors of Greece by T. W. Lumb

The story of Dolon is taken from the Iliad.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

I fear him; yea, fear in mine own despite, Lest Dolon may have crossed him in the night And perished; 'tis so long he cometh not.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

It treats first of the Dolon incident of the Iliad.

From Authors of Greece by T. W. Lumb

Dolon offered to undertake the dangerous task on condition that he should have as his reward the chariot and horses of Achilles, when the Greeks should be conquered.

From The Story of Troy by Michael Clarke

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