# Melanthius — The Odyssey character guide

> Melanthius in The Odyssey by Homer.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0017-book-xvi-ulysses-discovering-himself-to-telemachus

## Who they are

A treacherous goatherd who sides with the suitors and insults Ulysses in his own hall.

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