Antinous, suitor of Penelope in Homer's Odyssey

Antinous, son of Eupeithes, prominent suitor of Penelope in Homer's Odyssey. The first to be killed by Odysseus when he returns to his palace. Shown with bow, quiver of arrows. Copperplate engraving by Pieter Bodart (1676-1712) from Henricus Spoor's Deorum et Heroum, Virorum et Mulierum Illustrium Imagines Antiquae Illustatae, Gods and Heroes, Men and Women, Illustrated with Antique Images, Petrum, Amsterdam, 1715. First published as FavissE utriusque antiquitatis tam RomanE quam GrEcE in 1707. Henricus Spoor was a Dutch physician, classical scholar, poet and writer, fl. 1694-1716

18th Century Antinous Antique Images Arrows Deorum Et Heroum Gods And Heroes Greek Myth Henricus Spoor Homer Medallion Men And Women Odysseus Odyssey Pieter Bodart Quiver Roman Myth Suitor

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