person
Elpenor
also: Ἐλπήνωρ
The youngest of Odysseus's companions, neither brave nor sound of mind, who falls drunk from Circe's roof and breaks his neck; his unburied shade is the first Odysseus meets in Hades (Book 11).
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §10.540 one Elpenor
The youngest and least steady of Odysseus's men, who falls from Circe's roof and dies; his unburied ghost will be the first Odysseus meets in Hades.