Elpenor

[ el-pee-nawr ]

/ ɛlˈpi nɔr /

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noun

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

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The colours of individual larv of the same species are usually alike, but in Sphinx Elpenor and some others they vary exceedingly.
An Introduction to Entomology: Vol. III (of 4)|William Kirby
Now occurs a curious incident: Ulysses beholds his companion Elpenor, dead, yet unburned, and hears his first message.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
The companion Elpenor dead, but not yet buried, forms the transition between the Present and Past.
Homer's Odyssey|Denton J. Snider
This may be seen especially from the speech of Elpenor in Od.
The Heroic Age|H. Munro Chadwick

The formation of the eye-spots does not therefore proceed any more rapidly in this species than in C. Elpenor.
Studies in the Theory of Descent (Volumes 1 and 2)|August Weismann