Eumaeus

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Eumaeus

loyal swineherd of Odysseus. [Gk. Lit.: Odyssey]

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But Eumaeus called to his men and said, "Bring in the best pig you have, that I may sacrifice him for this stranger, and we will take toll of him ourselves.

The Odyssey by Homer View in context

Gurth, whose occupation, though now held so mean, gave him as much consequence in Saxon England as that of Eumaeus in Ithaca, was offended at the familiar and commanding tone assumed by the Palmer.

Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context

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