Philomelides

[ fil-oh-muh-lahy-deez ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

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

Example Sentences

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!

From Project Gutenberg

Such to our wish the warrior soon restore, As when, contending on the Lesbian shore, His prowess Philomelides confess'd, And loud acclaiming Greeks the victor bless'd: Then soon the invaders of his bed, and throne, Their love presumptuous shall by death atone.

From Project Gutenberg