person
Eurypylus (son of Euaemon)
Eurypylus
also: Εὐρύπυλος
Achaean commander, son of Euaemon, wounded by Paris's arrow in Book 11; Patroclus stops to treat his wound on his way back to Achilles, a delay that helps set the rest of the poem's plot in motion.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.441 Eurypylus
An Achaean commander, son of Euaemon; wounded by Paris's arrow in Book 11, he is treated by Patroclus, whose sympathy on this errand helps draw him back into the war.