Melanthios
mythological figure · 1 work · 4 mentions · 13 anchored passages
the goatherd · Melanthios son of Dolios · Melanthios the goatherd · the goatherd Melanthios
in the texts
Odyssey
The disloyal goatherd who insults and kicks the disguised Odysseus on the road and later sits favored among the suitors.
When he got there he went in and took his seat among the suitors opposite Eurymakhos, who liked him better than any of the others.
whereon the goatherd Melanthios said, "Suitors of my noble mistress, I can tell you something about him, for I have seen him before.
On this, as he passed, he gave Odysseus a kick on the hip out of pure wantonness, but Odysseus stood firm, and did not budge from the path.