Dolon

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[doh-lon] / ˈdoʊ lɒn /

noun

1. a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.

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Example Sentences

Hector sent out Dolon to reconnoitre, and soon afterwards some Phrygian shepherds bring news that Rhesus has arrived that very night with a Thracian army.

From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.

That Trojan none shall in that chariot ride By those steeds drawn, save Dolon; on my oath390 I make them thine; enjoy them evermore.

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

Now among the Trojans there was a young man named Dolon, the son of a rich father, and he was the only boy in a family of five sisters.

From Tales of Troy and Greece by Lang, Andrew

I fear him; yea, fear in mine own despite, Lest Dolon may have crossed him in the night And perished; 'tis so long he cometh not.

From The Rhesus of Euripedes by Euripedes

Your Sword how Dolon no nor Rhesus 'scap'd, Banter'd the One, this taken as he napp'd.

From An Essay on Criticism by Oldmixon, John