Book XXII · Episode 1 of 5
Antinoüs Falls
Odysseus kills Antinoüs, Eurymachus
Scenes
- Odysseus Reveals Himself — Odysseus sheds rags, shoots Antinoüs
- Odysseus pours his arrows at his feet
- Declares a mark no man has hit
- Antinoüs lifts a golden cup to drink
- Blood gushes from Antinoüs’ nostrils
- Suitors warn he has doomed himself
- Wrath Declared — Odysseus denounces suitors, spurns offer
- Suitors think the killing unintentional
- Names them dogs who devoured his hall
- Eurymachus blames it all on Antinoüs
- Offers twenty beeves apiece as amends
- Vows no fortune buys off his vengeance
- Eurymachus Slain — Eurymachus dies, Telemachus kills Amphinomus
- Urges suitors to shield with tables
- Calls for word sent through the city
- Draws his sword to lead the charge
- Arrow lodges in Eurymachus’ liver
- Telemachus’ lance pierces shoulders, breast