Antinous

Verus left the room, and Antinous watched him go with much relief.

Thus it came to pass that it was always by Mary and never by Hannah that Antinous was received and dismissed.

No one was to accompany him but Antinous, Mastor, and a few huntsmen and some dogs.

This is Antinous, who now makes the most elaborate defense of the case of the Suitors that is to be found in the poem.