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Antilochus

an-til'o-kus, in Greek legend, a son of Nestor, famous in the Trojan War. He was the one to break the news of Patroclus' death to Achilles. Memnon, some say Hector, slew Antilochus. Achilles avenged the death of his two friends. The three, Achilles, Antilochus, and Patroclus, were buried in one grave. Odysseus, when he visited the Lower World, saw the three walking together through the asphodel meadows.

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