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Patrocʹlos

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The gentle and amiable friend of Achilles, in Homer’s Iliad. When Achilles refused to fight in order to annoy Agamemʹnon, he sent his friend Patrocʹlos to battle, and he was slain by Euphorbos.

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Patrician
Patrick
Patrick’s Cave (St.)
Patrick’s Cross (St.)
Patrick’s Grave (St.)
Patrick’s Monument (St.)
Patrick’s Purgatory (St.)
Patrick and the Serpent (St.)
Patrico or Pater-cove
Patroclos
Patten
Pattens-Money (Chapins de la Reina)
Patter
Pattern
Pattieson (Mr. Peter)
Paul (St.)
Paul Pry
Paul and Virginia
Paul the Hermit (St.)
Paul of the Cross