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Antinous- The Original Jerk

• Antinous was one of Penelope’s chief suitors.

• He was also one of the meanest, most disliked, and was responsible for all the suitors moving into Odysseus’ house.

• Antinous even attempted to kill Odysseus’ son, Telemachus, upon Telemachus’ return from Menelaus. Luckily however, Telemachus avoided the trap.

• Antinous is the first suitor to be slain. Odysseus shot him through the throat with an arrow while Antinous was drinking.

• Antinous had a complete disregard for the Greek rules of hospitality, and, ironically, this was the reason he was killed. When Odysseus came disguised as a beggar to his own house Antinous turned him away, and this was an offense equal to blaspheming the gods.