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Answer for the clue ""Iliad" character ", 5 letters:
rhene

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In Greek mythology, Rhene was a nymph of Mount Cyllene . She was a paramour of Oileus and mother of his son Medon , although some suggest that Oileus fathered Medon with Alcimache . In one source, Rhene is given as the mother of Oileus' another son, Ajax ...

Usage examples of rhene.

But his people, though they felt his loss were not leaderless, for Medon, the bastard son of Oileus by Rhene, set them in array.

News of the piratical descent had reached them, and now, watching the white sails until they faded from sight up between Rhene and Syros, the thoughtful among them took comfort, and were grateful.