Eurybates

In Greek mythology, Eurybates (Εὐρυβάτης) was a herald for the Greek armies during the Trojan War. He served as Odysseus's squire. He was described by Odysseus to Penelope as "round-shouldered, dark-skinned, and curly-haired." Odysseus is said to pay him greater regard than any other of his companions for his honesty and faithfulness.[1]

A herald named Eurybates was sent, along with Talthybius, by Agamemnon to retrieve Briseis from Achilles' camp in Iliad, I, but he might be a different person from Odysseus's herald mentioned in Iliad, 2 ("Eurybates of Ithaca"), and in the Odyssey[2].

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Notes

  1. ↑ Odyssey 19.246-9
  2. ↑ (in French) René Langumier, Les hérauts de l'ambassade auprès d'Achille, Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé, n° 2, June 1956. p. 72-73.


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