| He is ridiculed by the Suitors in his own home, especially by one extremely impertinent man named Antinous. |
| He was quite alone, for Antinous had left the room with the Emperor. |
| Antinous was the first to detect it, cried 'Fire,' and warned his master. |
| No one was to accompany him but Antinous, Mastor, and a few huntsmen and some dogs. |
| But history only whets our curiosity, for ancient writers are neglectful or tantalisingly bald in their allusions to Antinous. |
| Odysseus essentially says that while Antinous may look like a king, he is far from a king since he is not generous. |
