person
Irus
A beggar of Ithaca who battened on the suitors' feasting in Ulysses' hall.
Reading notes
- The Heroides §1 Irus
A beggar who battened on the suitors' feasting in Ulysses' hall.
- Ibis §13 two-named Irus
Irus, the beggar of Ithaca (really named Arnaeus), a type of destitution.
- The Cure for Love §23 Irus
The beggar of the Odyssey; a type of the destitute man no woman courts.
- Sorrows §3.7 Irus
The beggar of Ithaca in the Odyssey, paired with rich Croesus to show Fortune's sudden reversals.