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The suitors learn of Penelope's delaying tactic when one of her maidservants, Melantho, reveals it to her lover Eurymachus. Upon finding out, the suitors demand that she choose a husband from among them. Slaughter of the suitors by Odysseus and Telemachus, Campanian red-figure bell-krater, c. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124)
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In Homer's Odyssey, Demoptolemus (/ ˌ d ɛ m ə p ˈ t ɒ l ɪ m ə s /; Ancient Greek: Δημοπτόλεμος, romanized: Dēmoptólemos) was one of the 108 suitors of the queen of Ithaca, Penelope. [1] [2] He came from Dulichium along with 51 other suitors. [3]
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, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124). In Greek mythology, Hagius (Ancient Greek: Ἅγιος means 'devoted to the gods') was one of the suitors of Penelope, who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. [1]
Ctessipus, two of the suitors of Penelope, one from Same, and the other from Ithaca. [6] The rich and "lawless" Ctesippus of Same, son of Polytherses, who has 'fabulous wealth' appears in the Odyssey; he mocks the disguised Odysseus and hurls a bull's hoof at him as a 'gift', mocking xenia, though Odysseus dodges this.
Slaughter of the suitors of Penelope by Odysseus and Telemachus, assisted by Eumaeus and Philoetius. Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124)In Greek mythology, Marpsius (Ancient Greek: Μάρψιος) was one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. [1]
Slaughter of the suitors of Penelope by Odysseus and Telemachus, assisted by Eumaeus and Philoetius. Campanian red-figure bell-krater, ca. 330 BC, Louvre (CA 7124)In Greek mythology, Pseras (Ancient Greek: Ψηρᾶς) was one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. [1]