Elpenor

[ el-pee-nawr ]

noun
  1. (in the Odyssey) a companion of Odysseus who was killed when he fell off the roof of Circe's palace.

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How to use Elpenor in a sentence

  • The colours of individual larv of the same species are usually alike, but in Sphinx Elpenor and some others they vary exceedingly.

  • Now occurs a curious incident: Ulysses beholds his companion Elpenor, dead, yet unburned, and hears his first message.

    Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. Snider
  • The companion Elpenor dead, but not yet buried, forms the transition between the Present and Past.

    Homer's Odyssey | Denton J. Snider
  • This may be seen especially from the speech of Elpenor in Od.

    The Heroic Age | H. Munro Chadwick
  • The formation of the eye-spots does not therefore proceed any more rapidly in this species than in C. Elpenor.