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 at the sacrifice of his own (Pindar, Pyth. vi. 28), thus fulfilling an oracle which had bidden him "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, with those of Achilles and Patroclus, were deposited 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 in the island of Leuke.
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[Greek heroic] The son of Nestor and a good friend of Achilles. He was killed by Memnon when he tried to save his father from danger.