Irus. At this point in the story, Odysseus is disguised as a beggar, so the suitors and his wife will not recognize him. Antinuous, the leader of the suitors, decides that the disguised Odysseus will fight Irus, a real beggar, to entertain the men. The winner will eat. Amphinomus is another suitor who gets killed later when he is stabbed with a spear by Telemachus. Eurymachus is one of Odysseus' men from his ships.
