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This is a set of lists of English personal and place names having spellings that are counterintuitive to their pronunciation because the spelling does not accord with conventional pronunciation associations. Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages.
Eurymachus, son of Polybus, is the second of the suitors to appear in the epic.Eurymachus acts as a leader among the suitors because of his charisma. He is noted to be the most likely to win Penelope's hand because her father and brothers support the union and because he outdoes the other suitors in gift-giving.
Reaching the end of his journey, and the book, he finds he has aged into a grey old man. "The Stone" The farmer Maibon meets Dallben on foot, and suddenly fears aging. Fortunately he saves Doli of the Fair Folk from a fallen tree and thus earns a favor. He demands a legendary stone that keeps its owner from aging, and insists despite warnings.
Rhodanthe's name means "rose flower", a composite word made up by the Greek words ῥόδον meaning "rose", [3] and ἄνθος meaning "flower, blossom". [4] Rhodon is the origin the English word rose, and seems to have been borrowed into the Greek language from the East. [5]
Antinous is the first of the suitors to be killed. Drinking in the Great Hall, he is slain by an arrow to the throat shot by Odysseus. Eurymachus then tries to blame Antinous for the suitors' wrongs. [5] [6] [7] In one account, Penelope was seduced by Antinous and was sent away by Odysseus to her father Icarius. [8]
Phemius's audience is made up largely of the suitors of Penelope, who live in the house while attempting to persuade her to marry one of them.In Book 1 of the poem, Phemius performs at their request a version of the theme The Return from Troy (a theme that actually existed as a written poem, probably at a slightly later date).
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Thoas, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. [9] He, with the other suitors, was shot dead by Odysseus with the help of Eumaeus, Philoetius, and Telemachus. [10] Thoas, a companion of Aeneas in Italy. He was crushed with a stone, by Halesus an ally of Turnus. [11]