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Eurymachus is noteworthy for being manipulative and deceitful, at one point even fooling Penelope into thinking him without ill-intent. Although he arranges for the death of Odysseus’ son, Telemachus , his plan fails and he is later killed by Odysseus .
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.
Eurymachus, son of Hermes and father of Eriboea, mother of the Aloadae. [1] Eurymachus, a prince of the Phlegyes who attacked and destroyed Thebes after the death of Amphion and Zethus. [2] Eurymachus, the fourth suitor of Princess Hippodamia of Pisa, Elis. Like the other suitors of the latter, he was killed by the bride's father, King Oenomaus ...
Antinous is the first of the suitors to be killed. Drinking in the Great Hall, he is slain by an arrow to the throat shot by Odysseus. Eurymachus then tries to blame Antinous for the suitors' wrongs. [5] [6] [7] In one account, Penelope was seduced by Antinous and was sent away by Odysseus to her father Icarius. [8]
She was one of the slaves who slept with the suitors of Penelope; "she was in love with" Eurymachus and had become his "mistress". [ 2 ] Described as having a "sharp tongue", upon Odysseus's arrival in his own home, disguised as a beggar, Melantho treated him harshly and rudely asked why he has not gone to sleep in the smithy, the location ...
Chief among the suitors are Eurymachus, King of Samos and Antinous, an Ithacan nobleman and false friend of Penelope and Ulysses' son, Telemachus. Telemachus, meanwhile, is in love with the daughter of the Samian king, Semanthe, who ardently loves him in return, notwithstanding a foreboding dream she has in which Telemachus is replaced with the ...
Eurylochus, one of the suitors of Penelope who came from Zacynthus along with other 43 wooers. [7] He, with the other suitors, was slain by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus , Philoetius , and Telemachus .
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. She was the queen of Ithaca and was the daughter of Spartan king Icarius and Asterodia . [ 3 ]