Amphimedon
Suitor of Penelope in Homer's Odyssey
- For the genus of sponge, see Amphimedon (sponge)
In Homer's Odyssey, Amphimedon (/æmˈfɪmɪˌdɒn, -dən/; Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιμέδων) was the Ithacan son of Melaneus and one of the suitors of Penelope.[1]
Mythology
While retreating from Odysseus's party during the final stages of the battle in the latter's hall, Amphimedon gave a glancing blow to the carapace of Telemachus, to whom he fell shortly afterwards.[2][3] In the Underworld, he told the story of the suitors' slaughter by Odysseus and Telemachus.[4]
Notes
References
- Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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Characters in the Odyssey
- Penelope (wife)
- Telemachus (son)
- Ctimene (sister)
- Anticlea (mother)
- Laertes (father of Odysseus) (father)
- Autolycus (grandfather)
- Eurycleia (chief servant)
- Mentor (advisor)
- Phemius (musician)
- Eumaeus (swineherd)
- Philoetius (cowherd)
- Melanthius (goatherd)
- Melantho (maid)
- Medon (herald)
- Argos (pet dog)
- Alcinous of Phaeacia
- Antiphates, king of the Laestrygones
- Aretus
- Arete of Phaeacia
- Deucalion of Crete
- Echetus
- Nestor of Pylos
- Echephron
- Perseus
- Stratichus
- Peisistratus
- Menelaus of Sparta
- Helen
- Princess Nausicaa of Phaeacia
- Laodamas
- Agamemnon of Mycenae
- Idomeneus
- Mentes
- Thrasymedes
- Agelaus
- Amphimedon
- Amphinomus
- Antinous
- Ctesippus
- Demoptolemus
- Eurymachus
- Leodes
- Perimedes
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