Both Uses of
paramour
in
The Odyssey, by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang)
- The paramours of the wooers are hanged, and Odysseus, after some delay, is recognised by Penelope.†
Book Intr. *
- Yet, for all that, sorrow for Penelope touched not her heart, but she loved Eurymachus and was his paramour.†
Book 18
Definition:
a lover -- especially with a partner cheating on their husband or wife