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When his father Nestor was attacked by Memnon, Antilochus sacrificed himself to save him.

thus fulfilling an oracle which had warned to " beware of an Ethiopian.

" Antilochus ' death was avenged by Achilles.

According to other accounts, he was slain by Hector or by Paris in the temple of the Thymbraean Apollo together with Achilles His ashes, along with those of Achilles and Patroclus, were enshrined in a mound on the promontory of Sigeion, where the inhabitants of Ilium offered sacrifice to the dead heroes.

In the Odyssey, the three friends are represented as united in the underworld and walking together in the Asphodel Meadows.

According to Pausanias, they dwell together on the island of Leuke.

Among the Trojans he killed were Melanippus, Ablerus, Atymnius, Phalces, and Thoon, although Hyginus records that he only killed two Trojans.

At the funeral games of Patroclus, Antilochus finished second in the chariot race and third in the foot race.