Antimachus
Also called the Col·o·pho·ni·an [thuh-kol-uh-foh-nee-uhn] /ðə ˌkɒl əˈfoʊ ni ən/ .flourished c410 b.c., Greek poet.
(in the Iliad) a chieftain who believed that the Trojans should not return Helen to Menelaus.
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How to use Antimachus in a sentence
This is manifest from a passage in Antimachus, quoted by Pausanias, where her temple is spoken of as the shrine of a Fury.
For many treasures lie in the houses of Antimachus, brass, gold, and variously-wrought iron.
The Iliad of Homer (1873) | HomerHe was both critic and poet; he corrected the works of Antimachus, and beautifully versified the fable of the Atlantidae.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 | Plotinos (Plotinus)In imitation of Antimachus he wrote a work called Catachannae, probably a kind of miscellanea.
Many valiant men he slew, and among them the two sons of Antimachus.
Stories of the Old world | Alfred John Church
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