Antimachus

[ an-tim-uh-kuh s ]

/ ænˈtɪm ə kəs /

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.

Example sentences from the Web for antimachus

Now if anything could have drawn Mr. Rickman out it was Antimachus of Colophon.

The Divine Fire |May Sinclair
For many treasures lie in the houses of Antimachus, brass, gold, and variously-wrought iron.

The Iliad of Homer (1873) |Homer
Yes, she was collecting material for a book on Antimachus of Colophon.

The Divine Fire |May Sinclair
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

In imitation of Antimachus he wrote a work called Catachannae, probably a kind of miscellanea.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 |Various