In Homer's Odyssey, Demoptolemus (; ) was one of the 108 suitors of the queen of Ithaca, Penelope.Homer, Odyssey 22.242 He came from Dulichium along with either 56 other wooers (according to Apollodorus),Apollodorus, Epitome 7.26–27 or 51 (according to Homer).Homer, Odyssey 16.247. Demoptolemus, with the other suitors, met his end by the spear of Odysseus in the final stages of the battle in the hall of the latter's palace.Homer, Odyssey 22.265–266; Apollodorus, E.7.33
See also List of mortals in Greek mythology Suitors of Penelope
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References 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. ISBN 0-674-99135-4. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website. Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, Ph.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. . Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.