person
Mesaulius
also: Μεσαύλιος
A servant Eumaeus bought for himself from the Taphians with his own money while Odysseus was away.
Reading notes
- The Odyssey §14.446 Mesaulius
The servant who hands round the bread in Eumaeus's hut. The swineherd bought him from the Taphians with his own possessions while his master was away — a quiet measure of Eumaeus's standing.