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Definition
a lover — especially with a partner cheating on their husband or wife
- The paramours of the wooers are hanged, and Odysseus, after some delay, is recognised by Penelope.Introduction (91% in)
- Yet, for all that, sorrow for Penelope touched not her heart, but she loved Eurymachus and was his paramour.Book 18 (75% in)
There are no more uses of "paramour" in The Odyssey by Homer (translated by: Butcher & Lang).
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