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  2. Euryalus - Wikipedia

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    Euryalus was the name of a son of Euippe and Odysseus, who was mistakenly slain by his father for plotting against his father. [11] Euryalus, son of Naubolus, one of the Phaeacians encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey. [12] Euryalus, one of the Suitors of Penelope who came from Dulichium along with other 56 wooers. [13]

  3. Euryalus (Phaeacian) - Wikipedia

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    In the Odyssey, Homer gives him the epithet "the peer of murderous Ares". Next to Laodamas, he is said to be the most handsome of the Phaeacians, and is the best wrestler.. He convinces Laodamas to challenge Odysseus, then rebukes him when he refuses to participate, saying "No truly, stranger, nor do I think thee at all like one that is skilled in games, whereof there are many among men ...

  4. Nisus and Euryalus - Wikipedia

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    Nisus and Euryalus (1827) by Jean-Baptiste Roman (Louvre Museum) In Greek and Roman mythology, Nisus (Ancient Greek: Νῖσος, romanized: Nîsos) and Euryalus (/ j ʊəˈr aɪ. əl ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύαλος, romanized: Eurýalos, lit. 'broad') are a pair of friends serving under Aeneas in the Aeneid, the Augustan epic by ...

  5. Jørgensen's law - Wikipedia

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    The principle of Jørgensen's law traces to a 1904 article by the Danish classicist Ove Jørgensen, in which he proposed that Homeric characters typically use generic terms, particularly θεός (theos: 'a god'), δαίμων and Ζεύς (), interchangeably to refer to the action of gods, whereas the narrator and the gods themselves always name the specific gods responsible: [2]

  6. Eurylochus - Wikipedia

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    In Greek mythology, Eurylochus (/ j ə ˈ r ɪ l ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Εὐρύλοχος Eurúlokhos) appears in Homer's Odyssey as second-in-command of Odysseus' ship during the return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. [1] [2] He is portrayed as an unpleasant, cowardly individual who undermines Odysseus and stirs up trouble.

  7. Diomedes - Wikipedia

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    Both Sthenelus and Euryalus (former Epigoni) fought under his command with their armies. Sthenelus was the driver of Diomedes' chariot and probably his closest friend. All the troops from Argos, Tiryns, Troezen and some other cities were headed by Diomedes.

  8. Gods in The Odyssey - Wikipedia

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    In the Odyssey, Poseidon is a powerful and respected elder god, as none of the other Olympian gods dare to mention Odysseus and his predicaments whilst Poseidon is there to hear it. The council of gods that decided to set Odysseus free from Calypso’s island was held when Poseidon was accepting a sacrifice in Ethiopia.

  9. Eurycleia (nurse of Odysseus) - Wikipedia

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    Dennis MacDonald argues in several of his books that the woman who anoints Jesus in chapter 14 of the Gospel of Mark is a reference to Eurycleia. She is the only one to recognize Jesus, and what she has done will be widely known, in the same way that Eurycleia is the only one to recognize Odysseus and whose name means "widely known".