Antinous of Ithaca

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Line drawing of Antinous raising a footstool to strike Odysseus, who is disguised as a beggar, from Homer's Odyssey.

Bernardino Pinturicchio: Penelope with the Suitors

Odysseus slaying the suitors

Antinous of Ithaca: Media

Greek mythology

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Line drawing of Antinous raising a footstool to strike Odysseus, who is disguised as a beggar, from Homer's Odyssey.

Antinous prepares to hit Odysseus

One of the 108 suitors of Penelope, Antinous, about to assault an elderly beggar,...

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Bernardino Pinturicchio: Penelope with the Suitors

Bernardino Pinturicchio: Penelope with the Suitors

Penelope with the Suitors (1509), by Bernardino Pinturicchio. Painting held...

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Odysseus slaying the suitors

Odysseus slaying the suitors

Detail of a red-figure skyphos from Tarquinii, c. 450 bce;...

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin—Preussischer Kulturbesitz

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