Tags: Mythological Figure.
For the genus of sponge see Amphimedon (genus)In Homer’s Odyssey Amphimedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀμφιμέδων) was the son of Melaneus and one of the suitors of Penelope. While retreating from Odysseus’s party during the final stages of the battle in the latter’s hall he gave a glancing blow to the carapace of Telemachus to whom he fell shortly afterwards. In the Underworld he told the story of the suitors’ slaughter to Achilles and Agamemnon.