Dolon
mythological figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 13 anchored passages
Dolon the Wolf · son of Eumedes
in the texts
Rhesus
A lean, ambitious Trojan volunteer spy who disguises himself as a wolf to scout the Greek camp and is killed by Odysseus and Diomede before he can return.
DOLON:
DOLON.
DOLON.
Orations
Trojan spy killed by Diomedes and Odysseus in the Iliad
For that poet, whenever he relates of Dolon — how he desired the horses of Achilles, and how, able to escape the enemy, he stood still when the spear was fixed near him and his swiftness profited him nothing, and how he chattered with fear and clashed his teeth together, and how he told the enemy not only whatever they asked, but also things about which no one inquired (for he disclosed the Thraci …
Iliad
Trojan herald's son who volunteers to spy on the Achaean camp for the promised horses of Achilles.
"I will tell you truly all," replied Dolon.
And Dolon answered, "I will tell you truly all.
Dolon answered, his limbs trembling beneath him: