Definitions for Dolon

Dolon Do·lon

Spelling: [doh-lon]
IPA: /ˈdoʊ lɒn/

Dolon is a 5 letter English word.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in Dolon (dlnoo).

Definitions for Dolon

noun

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

Examples for Dolon

How did Dolon expect to creep among the host, when there was a wall?

Diomede and Ulysses are inspired with a love of glory; Dolon with the thirst of gain.

Dolon made it; but Odysseus devised the images of the two kings.

But first they killed the unhappy Dolon, paying no heed to his prayers for mercy.

So Dolon stood still, green with fear, and with his teeth chattering.

The oath he swore was bootless, but it made Dolon more keen on going.

If the story of Dolon be comic, it is comic with the practical humour of the sagas.

Blumentritt mentions two kinds, the “Ipon” and the “Dolon,” which they salt or pickle.

Having learned all that he needs to know, Diomede ruthlessly slays Dolon.

So, again, of Dolon: 'ill-favoured indeed he was to look upon.'

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