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However others say that she met her end at the hands of
Ulysses himself on account of Amphinomus,1 for they allege that she
was seduced by him.
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1 Amphinomus was one of the suitors of Penelope; his words pleased her more than those of the other suitors, because he had a good understanding. See Hom. Od. 16.394-398. He was afterwards killed by Telemachus （Hom. Od. 12. 89ff.）. The suspicion that Penelope was unfaithful to her husband has no support in Homer.
Apollodorus. Apollodorus, The Library, with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1921. Includes Frazer's notes.
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