Illustration for the work of Gustav Schwab (1792 - 1850) Die schönsten Sagen des klassischen Alterthums (The most beautiful legends of Classical antiquity): Killing of suitors. Antinous lies supine with an arrow in his throat. For other uses of this term, see Antinous (disambiguation). Antinous, son of Eupeites, was, according to the Greek mythology, one of the two main pretenders of Penelope during the absence of its husband, Odiseo, that had left to the War of Troy. His story is told in Homer's Odyssey. He tried to kill Telemachus when he returned from his visit to Menelaus, but Telemachus managed to escape his schemes. It was distinguished by its violence and its brutality, pride and hardness. He insults Eumeo when he took Odysseus to the palace under the guise of a beggar. It also provokes the confrontation between the beggar Iro and Odysseus, when that one tried to throw to Odiseo of the palace where he was the official beggar. Antinous was the first suitor to die, when an arrow shot by Odysseus pierced his throat as he drank. IV, 657 et seq .: Spanish text in Wikisource. IV, 772 et seq .: Spanish text in Wikisource. XVII, 409 et seq .: Spanish text in Wikisource. XXII, 8: Spanish text in Wikisource.
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