Talk:Arnaeus

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Irus' Death

According to my copy of the Oddysey at least, Odysseus does not kill Irus. Nor is there anything which signifies him as gigantic, or as a suitor.

"There now apaered a common vagrant who used to beg in the twon of Ithaca and was notorious for his insatiable greed and his ability to eat and drink all the time. He was a big fellow, yet in spite of apperances he had no stamina or muscle. Arneus was the name his lady mother had given him, but all the young men nicknamed him Irus, as he ran errands for anyone who asked."

"The patient, good Odysseus considered carefully whether he should feel him with a moral blow or knock him to the ground with a gentler punch. In the end he decided on the ligher blow so the Achaeans would not suspect him. Then they both drew themselves up. Irus aimed a blow at Odysseus' right shoulder, but Odysseus struck Irus' neck below the ear and smashed in the bones so that the red blood gushed up through the mouth abd he fell down in the dust with a scream, grimancing and drumming on the ear with his feet."

I'm not seeing him being a suitor, gigantic or killed with a club.