# Irus — The Odyssey character guide

> Irus in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0018-book-xvii-return-of-ulysses-to-his-palace

## Who they are

A beggar in Ithaca who challenges Ulysses to a fight and is easily defeated.

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