Amphinomus charges Odysseus with his sword as Odysseus is shooting his bow, but Telemachus stabs him from the back through the chest with a spear.
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Telemachus kills Amphinomus with a spear through the back as Amphinomus is charging Odysseus. He is the third suitor to die.
A suiter of Penelope. He was killed by a spear thrown by Telemachus. This was a man ( Telemachus ) he twice told the other suiters not to kill. In mythology Amphinomus was the most likely to have married Penelope, if he had not been killed.
Amphinomus
The stool accidentally hits a cup-bearer. "With this he grabbed a stool, But Odysseus, fearing attack, squatted at the knees of Amphinomus of Dulichium, and Eurymachus' missile struck a cup-bearer on the right hand, so that his wine jug fell to the floor with a clang, and he fell back in the dust."
Telemachus first stabs Amphinomus in the back through his chest.Telemachus kills Euryades with his spear during the first volley, and Amphimedon with the second spear volley. He then kills Leocritus, son of Evenor, with a spear through his belly.It is assumed he kills several other men, although they are not named. He also probably kills some of the suitors' relatives when they attack.