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[[File:J G Trautmann Das brennende Troja.jpg|thumb|An 18th-century depiction of the sacking of Troy]]
'''Ucalegon''' ([[Ancient Greek]]: {{linktext|Οὐκαλέγων}}) was one of the Elders of [[Troy]], whose house was set afire by the [[Achaeans (Homer)|Achaeans]] when they sacked the city. He is one of [[Priam]]'s friends in the ''[[Iliad]]'',<ref>[[s:The Iliad/Book III|Iliad (3.148)]]</ref> and the destruction of his house is referred to in the ''[[Aeneid]]''.<ref>[[s:Aeneid/Book II|Aeneid (2.312)]]</ref>
He is referenced in the [[Satires (Juvenal)|''Satires'' of Juvenal]].<ref>{{cite book|year = 1998 | title = [[Satires of Juvenal|The Sixteen Satires]] |author = Juvenal |author-link = Juvenal |author2=Peter Green    |volume= III  |chapter=Chapter 1 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vZvMVAYN2lQC |isbn=0-14-044704-0 | quote = The 'heroic downstairs neighbour' of 198-9 is given by J. the Trojan name of Ucalegon. In Virgil's ''Aeneid'' (2.311) as Troy burns, Aeneas sees the nearby house go up in flames (Latin: iam proximus ardet Ucalegon): but by now (J. seems to be saying) the Trojan (or his descendant) has learned by experience - ''been there, done that'' - and has the sense both to occupy a ground-floor apartment and to shift his stuff to safety in good time. (Latin: iam friuola transfert Ucalegon). Roman listeners, who knew the ''Aeneid'' more or less by heart, would appreciate the parody.}}</ref> His name in Greek is translated as "doesn't worry." The name has become an [[eponym]] for "neighbor whose house is on fire," and [[Will Shortz]], editor of [[The New York Times crossword puzzle]], has stated that it's his favorite word in the English language.<ref>{{cite web|title=15 Questions with Will Shortz|url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2007/5/2/15-questions-with-will-shortz-last/?print=1|publisher=The Harvard Crimson|access-date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
==Usage in literature==
*{{cite book|year = 1694| title = [[Gargantua and Pantagruel]] |author = François Rabelais |author-link = François Rabelais |author2=Peter Anthony Motteux |author2-link=Peter Anthony Motteux  |volume= IV | chapter = XXII |chapter-url= http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Fourth_Book/Chapter_XXII | quote = But who is this '''Ucalegon''' below, that cries and makes such a sad moan?}}
*{{cite book|year = 1866| title = [[Once A Week]] |author = Eneas Sweetland Dallas |author-link = Eneas Sweetland Dallas | chapter = Sans Merci: Or, Kestrels and Falcons  |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=7bcRAAAAYAAJ |page= 244 | quote = If Seyton's own roof-tree was still unsinged, the fire had made wild work, of late, with his neighbours' dwellings; and, from the disaster of the last of these unlucky '''Ucalegons''', he was divided by a thin party-wall.}}
*{{cite book|year = 1892| title = Annals of Winchester College |author = Thomas Frederick Kirby | chapter =Chapter 1 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=vZvMVAYN2lQC |page= 333 | quote = One of them, Peter Chamberlin, was burnt out; but this '''Ucalegon''' lived next door to the Castle, and suffered in consequence.}}
*{{cite book|year = 1897| work=Scribner's Magazine |title=The Point of View |author = Edwin Arlington Robinson |author-link = Edwin Arlington Robinson |volume=66  |page=764  | quote = Ucalegon he lost his house, when Agamemnon came to Troy; but who can tell me who he was, I'll pray the gods to give him joy.}}
*{{cite book|year = 1992| title= [[Aestival Tide]] |author = Elizabeth Hand |author-link = Elizabeth Hand | chapter = Chapter 2 | quote = The moujiks had names for these hurricanes. They believed that there were really only two of them, Baratdaja the Healing Wind and Ucalegon the Prince of Storms, and that they returned decade after decade to batter the domes like the hands of some monstrous lunatic. }}
*{{cite book|year = 2010| title = [[Surface Detail]] |author = Iain M Banks |author-link = Iain M Banks | chapter = Chapter 19 | quote = The Jhlupian heavy cruiser ''Ucalegon'' – forty times as fast as any ship possessed by the Sichultian Enablement...}}
==Namesake==
* [[55701 Ukalegon]]
==External links==
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*[http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/iliad/characters.html Iliad Study Guide: Character list]
*[[:it:Iam proximus ardet Ucalegon|Iam proximus ardet Ucalegon on the Italian Wikipedia]]
== References ==
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{{Characters in the Iliad}}
{{Aeneid}}
[[Category:Characters in the Aeneid]]
[[Category:Trojans]]