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Penelope. Drawing after Attic pottery figure. Penelope encounters the returned Odysseus posing as a beggar. From a mural in the Macellum of Pompeii. Penelope (/ p ə ˈ n ɛ l ə p i / [1] pə-NEL-ə-pee; Ancient Greek: Πηνελόπεια, Pēnelópeia, or Πηνελόπη, Pēnelópē) [2] is a character in Homer's Odyssey.
Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic.Eurymachus acts as a leader among the suitors because of his charisma. He is noted to be the most likely to win Penelope's hand because her father and brothers support the union and because he outdoes the other suitors in gift-giving.
Phemius's audience is made up largely of the suitors of Penelope, who live in the house while attempting to persuade her to marry one of them.In Book 1 of the poem, Phemius performs at their request a version of the theme The Return from Troy (a theme that actually existed as a written poem, probably at a slightly later date).
Slaughter of the suitors of Penelope by Odysseus and Telemachus, assisted by Eumaeus and Philoetius. Campanian red-figure bell-krater, c. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124). Philoetius (/ f ɪ ˈ l iː ʃ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Φιλοίτιος, romanized: Philoítios) is a character in Greek mythology who plays a significant role in Homer's Odyssey, aiding Odysseus, Telemachus, and Eumaeus in their ...
Illustration from Gustav Schwab of Odysseus killing the suitors Ulysses' revenge on Penelope's suitors (Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, 1814). In the Epic Cycle, Antinous (also Antinoüs; Latin: Antinous) or Antinoös (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίνοος, romanized: Antínoös), was the Ithacan son of Eupeithes, best known for his role in Homer's Odyssey.
The plot of Odysseus Acanthoplex was derived from Telegony, part of the Epic Cycle. [6] As background to the plot of the play, Homer's Odyssey tells of Odysseus spending a year with the goddess Circe. [7] In the version of the myth that Odysseus Acanthoplex was based on, Odysseus and Circe had a son from this dalliance, Telegonus.
He encounters Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, in Book 18 of the Odyssey. He insults him, perceiving him to be a threat as another beggar, and Odysseus rebukes him. They argue back and forth until the suitor Antinous notices the confrontation and declares that the winner of their fight will be given food and permission to sit with the suitors.
Leodes was the last person whom Odysseus killed in his homecoming rampage, decapitated while pleading for his life: Leodes rushed in and caught the knees of Odysseus, and spoke to him in winged words and supplication: 'I am at your knees, Odysseus. Respect me, have mercy; for I claim that never in your halls did I say or do anything