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Eurymedon

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Eurymedon
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son of Ptolemaeus

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Eurymedon is entrusted with Agamemnon’s chariot and panting horses and ordered to keep them ready.

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“in charge of Eurymedon, son of Ptolemaeus the son of Peiraeus, and bade him hold them in readiness”

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“Eurymedon, son of Ptolemaeus the son of Peiraeus”

Passage preview

Book 4 · Passage 18

You would not have then found Agamemnon asleep nor cowardly and unwilling to fight, but eager rather for the fray. He left his chariot rich with bronze and his panting steeds in charge of Eurymedon, son of Ptolemaeus the son of Peiraeus, and bade him hold them in readiness against the time his limbs should weary of going about and giving orders to so many, for he went among the ranks on foot. When he saw men hasting to the front he stood by them and cheered them on. ‘Argives,’ said he, ‘slacken not one whit in your onset; father Jove will be no helper of liars; the Trojans have been the first to break their oaths and to attack us; therefore they shall be devoured of vultures; we shall take their city and carry off their wives and children in our ships.’