Editing Antilochus (section)

=== Death and afterlife ===
The epic cycle of the ''[[Aethiopis]]'' details Antilochus' death during the Trojan War.<ref name=":1" /> When Antilochus' father, Nestor, was attacked by [[Memnon (mythology)|Memnon]], Antilochus sacrificed himself to save Nestor, thus fulfilling an oracle which had warned to "beware of an Ethiopian".<ref>[[Pindar]], ''Pythian Odes'' 6.28</ref> The Achaeans retrieved Antilochus' body on the battlefield and lamented him. Achilles embraced Antilochus and lamented as well, promising him a glorious funeral and vengeance, in the same way Achilles had honored Patroclus.<ref>[[Philostratus]], ''[[Imagines (work by Philostratus)|Imagines]]'', [https://topostext.org/work/225#2.7.2 2.7.2] ([https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2008.01.0601%3Abook%3Dpos%3D2%3Achapter%3D7 Original Greek text])</ref> Achilles then killed Memnon to avenge Antilochus' death, and drove the Trojans back to the gates, where Achilles was killed by Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/epic-cycle/cypria/|title=Cypria - Livius|website=www.livius.org}}</ref> In later accounts, Antilochus was slain by [[Hector]]<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' 113</ref> or by [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] in the temple of the Thymbraean [[Apollo]], together with Achilles.<ref>[[Dares Phrygius]], 34</ref>

Nestor deeply grieved the death of Antilochus after the war. Peisistratus also mourned Antilochus, even though the brothers had never met.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Frame |first=Douglas |url=http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.ebook:CHS_Frame.Hippota_Nestor.2009 |title=Hippota Nestor |publisher=Center for Hellenic Studies |series=Hellenic Studies Series |volume=37 |location=Washington, DC |chapter=Chapter 6. Odyssey 3 and Iliad 8}}</ref> 

Antilochus' ashes, along with those of Achilles and Patroclus, were enshrined in a mound on the promontory of [[Sigeion]], where the inhabitants of [[Troy|Ilion]] offered sacrifice to the dead heroes.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 24.72</ref><ref>[[Strabo]], 13</ref> The ashes of Achilles and Patroclus were mixed together in one urn, with Antilochus's ashes kept separately but nearby in the mound. Antilochus is described as the companion Achilles honoured most after Patroclus.<ref name=":1" /> In the ''[[Odyssey]]'',<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' 11.468</ref> the three are represented as always united in the underworld and walking together in the [[Asphodel Meadows]]. However, according to [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]],<ref>[[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]], 3.19</ref> they dwell together on the island of [[Leuke]].{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}