Antimachus
also called the colophonian. flourished c410 b.c, greek poet.
(in the iliad) a chieftain who believed that the trojans should not return helen to menelaus.
historical examples
he 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)
many valiant men he slew, and among them the two sons of antimachus.
stories of the old world alfred john church
at which time a verse of the poet antimachus came to my remembrance, wherein he speaks of sailing over tops of trees.
lucian’s true history lucian of samosata
yes, she was collecting material for a book on antimachus of colophon.
the divine fire may sinclair
for many treasures lie in the houses of antimachus, br-ss, gold, and variously-wrought iron.
the iliad of homer (1873) homer
now if anything could have drawn mr. rickman out it was antimachus of colophon.
the divine fire may sinclair
in imitation of antimachus he wrote a work called catachannae, probably a kind of miscellanea.
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 12, slice 7 various
leonteus, of the race of mars, killed hippomachus the son of antimachus by striking him with his spear upon the girdle.
the iliad homer
this is manifest from a p-ssage in antimachus, quoted by pausanias, where her temple is spoken of as the shrine of a fury.
a new system; or, an -n-lysis of antient mythology. volume ii. (of vi.) jacob bryant
he gave the crown of victory to nikeratus, which so enraged antimachus that he suppressed his poem.
plutarch’s lives, volume ii aubrey stewart & george long
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