The Odyssey | Book 18 Summary and Analysis

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Iros: a quarrelsome beggar

Melantho: an unkind maidservant

Summary
After Eumaeus has left, an angry beggar nicknamed Iros approaches the palace and threatens Odysseus with bodily harm should he fail to leave the place immediately. Odysseus resists the overbearing vagabond, and the suitors entertain themselves with the conflict. They set up a contest between the two of them, and Odysseus quickly knocks his fellow out and drags him away through the courtyard,...


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