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In
Greek mythology,
Antilochus (also
transliterated as
Antílokhos) was the son of
Nestor, king of
Pylos. One of the suitors of
Helen, he accompanied his father to the
Trojan War. He was distinguished for his beauty, swiftness of foot, and skill as a charioteer. Though the youngest among the Greek princes, he commanded the
Pylians in the war and performed many deeds of valour. He was a favourite of the gods and an intimate friend of
Achilles, to whom he was commissioned to announce the death of
Patroclus. When his father was attacked by
Memnon, he saved his life by sacrificing his own son (
Pindar,
Pyth. vi. 28), thus fulfilling an oracle which had warned him to "beware of an Ethiopian." His death was avenged by Achilles. According to other accounts, he was slain by Hector (
Hyginus,
Fab. 113), or by
Paris in the temple of the Thymbraean
Apollo together with Achilles (
Dares Phrygius 34). His ashes, along with those of Achilles and Patroclus, were enshrined in a mound on the promontory of
Sigeum, where the inhabitants of
Ilium offered sacrifice to the dead heroes (
Odyssey, xxiv. 72; Strabo xiii. p. 596). In the
Odyssey (xi. 468) the three friends are represented as united in the underworld and walking together in the fields of asphodel. According to
Pausanias (iii. 19) they dwell together on the island of
Leuke.
Among the Trojans he killed were
Melanippus,
Ablerus,
Atymnius,
Phalces, and
Thoon. At the funeral games of Patroclus, Antilochus finished second in the chariot race and third in the foot race.
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