How do you use Polydamas in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts.
Polydamas in a sentence
Context around Polydamas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 36.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Polydamas
- In this selection, "polydamas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 36.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, character and pouludamas stand out and add context to how "polydamas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include listened to polydamas and retreated and s character polydamas pouludamas appears. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "polydamas" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with polydamas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Hector chooses to remain outside the gates of Troy to face Achilles, partly because had he listened to Polydamas and retreated with his troops the previous night, Achilles would not have killed so many Trojans. (35 words)
On occasion, the names of characters themselves actually seem to have been altered: the spelling of the name of Homer’s character Polydamas, Pouludamas, appears to be an alternative rendering of the metrically unviable Poludamas (“subduer of many”). (38 words)
On occasion, the names of characters themselves actually seem to have been altered: the spelling of the name of Homer’s character Polydamas, Pouludamas, appears to be an alternative rendering of the metrically unviable Poludamas (“subduer of many”). (38 words)
Hector chooses to remain outside the gates of Troy to face Achilles, partly because had he listened to Polydamas and retreated with his troops the previous night, Achilles would not have killed so many Trojans. (35 words)
Example sentences (2)
Hector chooses to remain outside the gates of Troy to face Achilles, partly because had he listened to Polydamas and retreated with his troops the previous night, Achilles would not have killed so many Trojans.
On occasion, the names of characters themselves actually seem to have been altered: the spelling of the name of Homer’s character Polydamas, Pouludamas, appears to be an alternative rendering of the metrically unviable Poludamas (“subduer of many”).