Amphinomus

[ am-fin-uh-muhs ]

noun

1. Penelope's favorite suitor.

Example Sentences

On hearing this the wooers held a council as to how they should behave to him: Antinous was for killing him, but Amphinomus and Eurymachus were for waiting, and seeing what would happen.

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Then Ulysses spoke gravely to Amphinomus, telling him that it would be wise in him to go home, for that if Ulysses came back it might not be so easy to escape his hands.

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Then Amphinomus rushed towards Ulysses, but Telemachus sent his spear from behind through his shoulders.

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But Amphinomus would not hear, for so had Athene doomed that he should fall on the day of the great vengeance.

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Hear my counsel, Amphinomus, and trust me who have borne many griefs and sorrows and wandered in many lands since Zeus drove me from my home.

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