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Philomelides

American  
[fil-oh-muh-lahy-deez] / ˌfɪl oʊ məˈlaɪ diz /

noun

Classical Mythology.

  1. a king of Lesbos who wrestled and killed every opponent until he himself was defeated by Odysseus.

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Pallas! and Apollo! oh that such As erst in well-built Lesbos, where he strove With Philomelides, whom wrestling, flat He threw, when all Achaia’s sons rejoiced, 160 Ulysses, now, might mingle with his foes!

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