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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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"You have to continue to have quality time, the simple pleasures," offered another patron, Gilles Dolon, who thought about why he was buying chocolate for his wife and came up with a word he thought described it best: "Recomfort."

From Los Angeles Times

September of that year found the missionary at Dolon Nor occupied with the final arrangements for his journey, and shortly afterwards, accompanied by his fellow-Lazarist, Joseph Gabet, and a young Tibetan priest who had embraced Christianity, he set out.

From Project Gutenberg

Blumentritt mentions two kinds, the “Ipon” and the “Dolon,” which they salt or pickle.

From Project Gutenberg

Advance beyond your stations, men, at some Distance, and stay on watch till Dolon come With word of the Argives' counsel.

From Project Gutenberg

Yet Dolon told us Hector's couch was made Just here.

From Project Gutenberg