Elpenor

[ el-pee-nawr ]

/ ɛlˈpi nɔr /

(in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.

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At break of day I sent my comrades forth to bring the body of Elpenor from the palace.
Odysseus, the Hero of Ithaca|Homer
A hybrid, resulting from a pairing between Chrocampa elpenor and Metopsilus porcellus has been named elpenorcellus (Staud).
The Moths of the British Isles, First Series|Richard South
In Porcellus the caterpillar emerges from the egg with the subdorsal line, the first stage of Elpenor being omitted.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann
This may be seen especially from the speech of Elpenor in Od.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick

The first stage of Elpenor shows that the most remote ancestor of the genus possessed no kind of marking, but was uniformly green.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann