person
Echetus
also: Ἔχετος
A legendarily savage mainland king, 'the maimer of all mortals,' whom the suitors twice threaten to send the loser of the beggars' fight to for mutilation.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §18.79 king Echetus, the maimer of all mortals
A byword for savage cruelty, twice invoked by the suitors as the fate awaiting whoever loses the beggars' fight.