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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 .
Anticlea was the daughter of Autolycus [1] and Amphithea. [2] The divine trickster and messenger of the gods, Hermes, was her paternal grandfather.Anticlea was the mother of Odysseus [3] by Laërtes [4] (though some say by Sisyphus [5]).
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.
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 ...
Odysseus stopped her from telling Penelope or anyone else (except Telemachus, who already knew) in the house of his true identity. Eurycleia also informed Odysseus which of his servant girls had been unfaithful to Penelope during his absence, conspiring with Penelope's suitors and becoming their lovers. Among them was Melantho. His son ...
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.
Thereafter he was brought up with Odysseus and his sister Ctimene (or Ktimene) and was treated by Anticleia, their mother, almost as Ctimene's equal. In Homer's Odyssey, Eumaeus is the first person that Odysseus meets upon his return to Ithaca after fighting in the Trojan War. He has four dogs, 'savage as wild beasts,' who protect his pigs.