Eurybates

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In Greek mythology, Eurybates (, Ancient Greek: Εὐρυβάτης) may refer to the same or different herald(s) for the Greek armies during Trojan War:

Eurybates, from Ithaca, served as Odysseus's squire and herald. He was described by Odysseus to Penelope as "round-shouldered, dark-skinned, and curly-haired". Odysseus is said to pay him greater regard than any other of his companions for his honesty and faithfulness.
Eurybates, a herald who was sent, along with Talthybius, by Agamemnon to retrieve Briseis from Achilles' camp in Iliad, I, but he might be a different person from Odysseus's herald mentioned in Iliad, 2 ("Eurybates of Ithaca"), and in the Odyssey. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Getty_villa_400_(6571459327).jpg" caption="Eurybates on a Roman mosaic with the Removal of Briseis, 2nd century"] ::

Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.

[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0136%3Abook%3D19%3Acard%3D241 19.246–9]
{{in lang. fr René Langumier, ''[https://www.persee.fr/doc/bude_0004-5527_1956_num_1_2_3737 Les hérauts de l'ambassade auprès d'Achille]'', Bulletin de l'Association Guillaume Budé, n° 2, June 1956. p. 72-73.

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