In Homer’s Odyssey Antinous was the most prominent of the 108 suitors of Penelope and the first to be killed by her husband, Odysseus, on his return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. The suitors depleted Odysseus’s household resources in his absence, violating xenia, the Greek custom of hospitality. Antinous plotted to kill Penelope’s son, Telemachus, and assaulted Odysseus, who was disguised as an elderly beggar. Odysseus completed an archery task set by Penelope and then shot an arrow through the throat of Antinous, who was about to drink his wine.
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