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  2. Melantho (Odyssey) - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Melanthius (Odyssey) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of Homeric characters - Wikipedia

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    Eumaeus, a loyal old friend and swineherd of Odysseus, who helps him retake his palace. Melantho, a favorite slave of Penelope's, though undeserving. She works against her mistress, sleeps with Eurymachus, and is rude to guests. After Odysseus kills the suitors, Telemachus hangs her for her disloyalty.

  5. Melantho - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Melantho (/ m ɪ ˈ l æ n θ oʊ /; Ancient Greek: Μελανθώ) may refer to the following women: Melantho, also called Melanthea, a Phthian princess as the daughter of King Deucalion [1] [AI-generated source?] and Pyrrha, daughter of Epimetheus and Pandora. She was the sister of Hellen, Protogenea and Amphictyon. [2]

  6. Penelope - Wikipedia

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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.

  7. Suitors of Penelope - Wikipedia

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    The suitors behave badly in Odysseus' home, drinking his wine and eating his food. Odysseus' son, Telemachus, now a young man, is frustrated with the suitors. Telemachus laments to Athena (disguised as Mentes, one of Odysseus' guest-friends) about the suitors' behavior. In return, Athena urges Telemachus to stand up to the suitors and set out ...

  8. Category:Characters in the Odyssey - Wikipedia

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  9. Eurymachus (Odyssey) - Wikipedia

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    Odysseus, however, maintains that killing will continue until he has satiated his taste for vengeance, whereupon Eurymachus runs at Odysseus with his sword, but Odysseus shoots an arrow into Eurymachus’ chest, stopping him dead. [2] Penelope's maid, Melantho, is his lover. [3]