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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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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 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

This suggestion is eagerly seized by Diomedes and Ulysses, who, on their way to the enemy's camp, encounter Dolon, a Trojan spy, who is coming to find out what they are planning.

From The Book of the Epic by H. A. (Hélène Adeline) Guerber

To whom this answer Dolon straight returned Son of Eumedes.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by William Cowper

Your Sword how Dolon no nor Rhesus 'scap'd, Banter'd the One, this taken as he napp'd.

From An Essay on Criticism by John Oldmixon

In our version of Homer Dolon merely wears, over his tunic, the skin of a grey wolf.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

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