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The name Eurymachus, or Eurýmakhos, is attributed to the following individuals:
Greek mythology
- Eurymachus, an Ithacan nobleman and the son of Polybus, was, by the reckoning of the goddess Athena, one of the two leading suitors of Penelope in The Odyssey, by the great Greek poet Homer. He, along with all the suitors, plot Telemachus' death as he goes out of Ithaca, to King Nestor and King Menelaus. Eurymachus was duly killed by Telemachus's father, Odysseus, on his long-awaited return.
History
- Eurymachus also refers to one of the 180 Theban soldiers who were taken prisoner in the Theban siege of Plataea. All of the Theban soldiers were killed after the Plataeans brought everyone living outside of their walls into the city after unrequited negotiation with Thebes's nightly backup troops. Thucydides states that Eurymachus was "a man of great influence at Thebes," and that the Platean, Naucleides, arranged with him to bring in "a little over 300" Theban troops in the middle of the night, for a sneak attack. This event touched off the Peloponnesian War.1when odysseus strung his sword he was the second person to die..
References
- ^ Thucydides. History of the Peloponnesian War, Book II.
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