Leodes

In the Odyssey, Leodes, Leiodes or Liodes was an Ithacan diviner and a minor suitor of Penelope. He had darkly predicted that Odysseus would return to avenge the suitors' abuse of hospitality.

Family

Leodes was the son of Oenops.

Mythology

As the sacrificial priest to the suitors, Leodes hated the evil deeds of the suitors and was indignant with the others. He was the first to test Odysseus' bow of which he said would break the heart and be the death of many. Leodes was the last person whom Odysseus killed in his homecoming rampage, decapitated while pleading for his life: