Eumaeus
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The tablet, discovered by Greek and German researchers, contains 13 verses from the Odyssey's 14th Rhapsody, in which Odysseus addresses his lifelong friend Eumaeus.
From BBC
It holds 13 verses from the Odyssey’s 14th Rhapsody, where its hero, Odysseus, addresses his lifelong friend Eumaeus.
From Reuters
So do the breezy complacency of Menelaus, the innocence of Nausicaa, the gruff decency of the swineherd Eumaeus.
From New York Times
The treatment which Eumaeus and Eurycleia receive at the hands of the poet of the Odyssey is highly creditable to the humanity of the age.
From Project Gutenberg
All around town, wall maps pinpointed the far-flung locations of Homeric sites such as Eumaeus’s pigsty, the nymph’s cave and Odysseus’s palace.
From New York Times
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