Εὔμαιος

Εὔμαιος

• (δῖος, ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν).
• Odysseus’s swineherd
• (συβώτης, συφορβός, ὑφορβός).
• Son of Ctesius.
• Athene directs Odysseus to go to his dwelling Od. 13.404;
• the dwelling described Od. 14.5,
• receives Ο. 29; Odysseus tells him his tale Od. 14.192;
• he tells Odysseus his tale Od. 15.403;
• receives Telemachus Od. 16.11;
• is dispatched to tell Penelope of Telemachus’s safe arrival 130,
• returns 452;
• accompanies Odysseus to the town Od. 17.200,
• they encounter Melantheus 212,
• they reach the city 260;
• he enters Odysseus’s house first Od. 17.324;
• summons Odysseus to Penelope Od. 17.551;
• leaves the house to return to his own Od. 17.604;
• returns to Odysseus ’s house Od. 20.162;
• sets down the bow etc. before the suitors for the contest Od. 21.80,
• Odysseus tests him 188,
• he pledges himself to support Il. 15.203,
• Odysseus reveals himself 207;
• he carries the bow to Odysseus that Odysseus may take part in the contest Od. 21.359;
• during the fight he and Philoetius seize Melantheus in the θάλαμος Od. 22.178,
• ranges himself by Odysseus for the final fight 201,
• slays Elatus-2 267,
• is wounded by Ctesippus 279,
• slays Polybus-5 284;
• takes part in the slaying of the unfaithful maids Od. 22.454;
• accompanies Odysseus to the country Od. 23.366;
• at Laertes) house when Odysseus comes to it Od. 24.363,
• prepares to fight the oncoming suitors 497,
• but Athene stops the fight 528;
• etc.

Εὔμαιος : Eumaeus, the faithful swine-herd of Odysseus, Od. 14.17-1, Od. 22.267; son of Ctesius, king of the island of Syria; the story of his life, Od. 15.400ff.