Demoptolemus

Greek mythical character

In Homer's Odyssey, Demoptolemus (/ˌdɛməpˈtɒlɪməs/; Ancient Greek: Δημοπτόλεμος) was one of the 108 suitors of the queen of Ithaca, Penelope.^[1]^[2] He came from Dulichium along with 51 other suitors.^[3] Demoptolemus, with the other suitors, met his end by the spear of Odysseus in the final stages of the battle in the hall of the latter's palace.^[4]^[5]

Notes

^ Reece, Steve (1995). "The Three Circuits of the Suitors: A Ring Composition in Odyssey 17-22" (PDF). Oral Tradition. 10 (1): 207–229. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
^ Homer, Odyssey 22.242
^ Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27
^ Pope, Alexander (2008). The Odyssey of Homer. Wildside Press LLC. p. 344. ISBN 978-1-4344-6138-4.
^ Homer, Odyssey 22.265–266; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.33

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.

Characters in the Odyssey

House of Odysseus