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Ilus

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Canonical name
Ilus
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Individual
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Location presence

Phase 6 currently covers 24 processed books.

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Ephyra1 observation
·Disguised

In Minerva’s Mentes story, Ilus was at Ephyra when Ulysses asked him for poison.

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“He was then coming from Ephyra, where he had been to beg poison for his arrows from Ilus, son of Mermerus. Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would not give him any”

Claims

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·Disguised

In Minerva’s Mentes cover story, Ilus refuses Ulysses arrow poison because he fears the ever-living gods.

See evidence text
“Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would not give him any”

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·Disguised
“Ilus, son of Mermerus”

Passage preview

Book 1 · Passage 18

‘Is that so?’ exclaimed Minerva, ‘then you do indeed want Ulysses home again. Give him his helmet, shield, and a couple of lances, and if he is the man he was when I first knew him in our house, drinking and making merry, he would soon lay his hands about these rascally suitors, were he to stand once more upon his own threshold. He was then coming from Ephyra, where he had been to beg poison for his arrows from Ilus, son of Mermerus. Ilus feared the ever-living gods and would not give him any, but my father let him have some, for he was very fond of him. If Ulysses is the man he then was these suitors will have a short shrift and a sorry wedding.