Antinous

Character · slug: antinous

Also: Eurymachus

Stories (12)

Telemachy: Athena at Ithaca; Telemachus Seeks News (*Odyssey* 1–4)
Trojan — Odyssey / Nostoi · Homeric — *Odyssey* 1–4 (Telemachy)
Bow Contest and Slaughter of the Suitors (*Odyssey* 21–22)
Trojan — Odyssey / Nostoi · Homeric — *Odyssey* 21–22 (+ Apollodorean)
Penelope’s Bow Contest (*Odyssey* 21)
Trojan — Odyssey / return to Ithaca · Homeric — bow contest isolated from the slaughter in Book 22
Slaughter of the Suitors (*Odyssey* 22)
Trojan — Odyssey / return to Ithaca · Homeric — mnesterophonia isolated from the bow contest
Irus the Beggar: Boxing in the Palace (*Odyssey* 18)
Trojan — Odyssey / return to Ithaca · Homeric — Odysseus (disguised) vs. Irus
Penelope’s Shroud: The Web Trick (*Odyssey*)
Trojan — Odyssey / Ithaca during Odysseus’s absence · Homeric — shroud for Laertes; ruse told and exposed
Antinous: First of the Suitors to Die (*Odyssey* 22)
Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia · Homeric — Antinous shot at the wine-cup
Eurymachus: Death of the Suitors’ Spokesman (*Odyssey* 22)
Trojan — Odyssey / mnesterophonia · Homeric — Eurymachus’s failed bargain and death after Antinous
The Suitors Ambush Telemachus (*Odyssey*)
Trojan — Odyssey / Telemachy / suitors’ plot · Homeric — Antinous’s ship lies in wait at Asteris; Athena saves the return
Melantho: The Disloyal Maid (*Odyssey*)
Trojan — Odyssey / Ithacan household / suitors · Homeric — Melantho insults the beggar Odysseus; sister of Melanthius
Halitherses Prophesies in the Ithacan Assembly (*Odyssey* 2)
Trojan — Odyssey / Telemachy / Ithacan politics · Homeric — Halitherses reads the bird-omen; Eurymachus scorns him
Antinous Hurls the Footstool at Odysseus (*Odyssey* 17)
Trojan — Odyssey / beggar in the hall / guest-abuse · Homeric — first major outrage against the disguised king

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Antinous

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