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Melantho was among Penelope's favorite female slaves; she had "reared and looked after her as tenderly as her own child" and given "all the toys she could desire" [1] growing up. Despite this, Melantho was disloyal and ungrateful to Odysseus and his household.
Melantho was seduced by Poseidon the shape of a dolphin [7] and by him, bore a son Delphus. [8] In one account, Melantheia instead married King Hyamus of Hyampolis, son of Lycorus, and by him the mother of two daughters, Melanis [9] and Celaeno [10] of whom either might have been mother of Delphus by Apollo.
Melanthius (/ m ə ˈ l æ n θ i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Μελάνθιος), the son of Dolius, is a minor character in Homer's Odyssey: Odysseus's disloyal goatherd. In contrast, Odysseus's cowherd Philoetius and swineherd Eumaeus have both remained loyal to Odysseus during his twenty years of wanderings, as have Melanthius's father and six brothers.
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.
In Greek and Roman mythology, Odysseus (/ ə ˈ d ɪ s i ə s / ə-DISS-ee-əs; [1] Ancient Greek: Ὀδυσσεύς, Ὀδυσεύς, romanized: Odysseús, Odyseús, IPA: [o.dy(s).sěu̯s]), also known by the Latin variant Ulysses (/ juː ˈ l ɪ s iː z / yoo-LISS-eez, UK also / ˈ juː l ɪ s iː z / YOO-liss-eez; Latin: Ulysses, Ulixes), is a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of ...
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After Odysseus's identity had finally been revealed, Dolius heartily welcomed Odysseus in his home, expressing great joy to see his master alive and well. [5] Later, he and his six sons [6] were among the loyal servants who joined Odysseus to stand against the relatives of the slain suitors.
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