Odysseus’ ship<\/a> to leave. This change in their fortunes improves his crew\u2019s morale, but Odysseus knows better than to think they can escape fate.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhen there is no land in sight, Zeus unleashes a violent storm<\/strong>, perhaps the worst they have encountered on their travels. The ship’s mast cracks and falls, and the ship is ripped apart by the winds and waves. Odysseus saves himself by clinging to the broken mast and sail, but every man of the remaining crew perishes. Indeed, Eurylochus fulfills his declaration and meets his end choking on a wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\nConclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nEurylochus plays a minor but significant role in The Odyssey.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\nLet\u2019s review the pertinent facts<\/strong> about this character:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\nEurylochus is Odysseus\u2019s brother-in-law; he is married to Odysseus\u2019 sister, Ctimene.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Eurylochus fought with Odysseus in the Trojan War.<\/li>\n\n\n\n In The Odyssey,<\/em> he serves as Odysseus\u2019 second in command on the voyage home.<\/li>\n\n\n\nHe hesitates to enter Circe\u2019s house and escapes when she turns the rest of his men into pigs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n He is too cowardly to help Odysseus rescue his men.<\/li>\n\n\n\n He urges the crew toward mutiny if Odysseus doesn\u2019t let them land on the island of Thrinacia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n Though they all promised not to kill the sacred cattle of Helios, Eurylochus encourages them to break their vow.<\/li>\n\n\n\n As a punishment for killing the cattle, Zeus sends a violent storm that destroys their ship. Only Odysseus survives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n True to his words, Eurylochus dies choking on a wave.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\nEurylochus serves as the antithesis of Odysseus\u2019 better qualities<\/strong> and draws attention away from Odysseus\u2019s flaws.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eurylochus in The Odyssey represents a specific archetype in fiction. He is quick to complain and criticize but often afraid to act himself. When he does take action, his decisions can be rash and lead to trouble for himself and others. What sort of grumpy mischief did Eurylochus create? Let\u2019s find out! Who Is Eurylochus…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20933"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24518,"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20933\/revisions\/24518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ancient-literature.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}