Eumaeus
Born c. 1225 BCE
Loyal swineherd who shelters the disguised Odysseus in the Odyssey.
Eumaeus is a swineherd from legend and epic tradition.
This is a figure of legend or epic. The dates are estimates from the setting of the story, not historical facts.
- Known as
- Swineherd
- Category
- Legends & Epics
- Born
- c. 1225 BCE
From the same age of legend
- Alcinous Born c. 1230 BCE, king of the Phaeacians
- Arete Born c. 1225 BCE, queen of the Phaeacians
- Philoetius Born c. 1225 BCE, cowherd
- Protesilaus Died c. 1194 BCE, Greek warrior
- Aeneas Born c. 1220 BCE, Trojan hero
- Anticlea Died c. 1190 BCE, mother of Odysseus
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