Αντιλοχος
The son of Nestor, with whom he went to the Trojan War. Being handsome and a swift runner he was loved by Achilles, second in his affection only to Patroclus. It was he who told Achilles of the death of Patroclus and wept with him for his death. But Antilochus himself was soon destined to die, either, according to varying sources, at the hands of Memnon the son of Aurora, or at those of Hector or indeed perhaps at the same time as Achilles, killed by an arrow shot by Paris.
A variant of this legend describes Antilochus coming to his father's rescue when he was on the point of being overwhelmed by his enemies. Antilochus made a rampart of his own body but while he saved his father, he was himself killed. His ashes were laid to rest beside those of Patroclus and Achilles. The three heroes were said to pass their time after death in fighting and feasting on the White Island.
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Table of Sources:
- Apollod. Bibl. 1, 9, 9
- Hyg. Fab. 252; 81; 97
- Hom. Il. 569ff.; Od. 3, 111ff.
- Sophocles, Phil. 424ff.
- Hom. Od. 24, 72ff.
- Paus. 10, 30, 3ff.
- See also Memnon.