Antinous

A son of Eupeithes of Ithaca, and one of the suitors of Penelope, who during the absence of Odysseus even attempted to make himself master of the kingdom and threatened the life of Telemachus.1 When Odysseus after his return appeared in the disguise of a beggar, Antinous insulted him and threw a foot-stool at him.2 On this account he was the first of the suitors who fell by the hands of Odysseus.3

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References

Notes

  1. Homer. Odyssey xxii, 48 ff.; iv, 630 ff.; xvi, 371.
  2. ibid. xviii, 42 ff.
  3. ibid. xxii, 8 ff.

Source

  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.