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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Dolon

Then watching somewhere near Hector's tent they partly express, in the usual song, the lyrical emotion of the night, partly they chat about Dolon and the order of the watches.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

Dolon undertook to enter the Greek camp and bring word back to Hector an exact account of everything.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

Think not within thy mind to escape from me, O Dolon, although thou hast reported good tidings, since thou hast once come into my hands.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

The weapon passed over the shoulder of Dolon, and sank into the ground in front of him.

From The Story of Troy by Clarke, Michael

Now among the Trojans there was a young man named Dolon, the son of a rich father, and he was the only boy in a family of five sisters.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew