Irus

Tho 'Irus' Ghost itself he ne'er frown'd blacker on,

Limbo 1927

In the Odyssey the beggar man is called "Irus," a male Iris, because he carries messages; and Iris does her usual duty as messenger in the Homeric Hymns, as well as in the so-called late Odyssean Books of the _Iliad_.

Homer and His Age Andrew Lang 1878

Even this which thou so much abhorrest, it may be for thy progeny's good, [6188] better be any man's son than thine, to be begot of base Irus, poor Seius, or mean Mevius, the town swineherd's, a shepherd's son: and well is he, that like

Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

And among the dissolute suitors Irus the beggar is brought in, contesting for a prize with the most noble Odysseus, and how he appeared ridiculous in the action.

Essays and Miscellanies 2004

The beggar Irus insults Ulysses; the suitors promote the quarrel, in which Irus is worsted, and miserably handled.

The Odyssey of Homer 2003

This varlet is poorer than ever was Irus, and yet he is proud, vaunting, arrogant, self-conceited, overweening, and more insupportable than seventeen devils; in one word, (Greek), which term of old was applied to the like beggarly strutting coxcombs.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

This varlet is poorer than ever was Irus, and yet he is proud, vaunting, arrogant, self-conceited, overweening, and more insupportable than seventeen devils; in one word, (Greek), which term of old was applied to the like beggarly strutting coxcombs.

Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002

Irus himself was not less astonished than dismayed, so that they were obliged to use force to make him face his opponent; and as he stood there quaking with fear Antinous reviled him bitterly, and threatened, if he were defeated, to carry him to the mainland, and hand him over to a robber chieftain, nicknamed the Mutilator, and notorious for his cruelties.

Stories from the Odyssey

When he returned to his place on the threshold he found the wooers in high good humour at the defeat of Irus.

Stories from the Odyssey

Little encouraged, as may be supposed, this prospect, Irus in his despair aimed a blow at Odysseus, and struck him on the right shoulder.

Stories from the Odyssey