Editing Eurylochus (section)

== Mythology ==
[[File:Manner of the Bowdoin Painter - ARV 693 3 - companions of Odysseus transformed into boars - Athens NAM 9685 - 01.jpg|thumb|Odysseus' crew are turned into swines, red-figure lekythos circa 480-460 BC, from [[Eretria]].]]

When Odysseus and 12 of his crew, including Eurylochus, came into the port of [[Sicily]], the [[Cyclopes|Cyclops]] [[Polyphemus]] seized and confined them.<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.142|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref> Along with the [[Homer's Ithaca|Ithacan]] king and six others namely: [[Lycaon (Greek myth)|Lycaon]], [[Amphialus|Amphialos]], [[Alcimus (mythology)|Alkimos]], [[Amphidamas]] and [[Antilochus (comrade of Odysseus)|Antilochus]], Eurylochus survived the manslaughter of his six companions by the monster.<ref>{{Cite book|last=[[John Tzetzes|Tzetzes, John]]|title=Allegories of the Odyssey|publisher=Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library|year=2019|isbn=978-0-674-23837-4|location=Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London, England|pages=141, 9.135–140|translator-last=Goldwyn|translator-first=Adam J.|translator-last2=Kokkini|translator-first2=Dimitra}}</ref>

When the ship stops on [[Aeaea]], home of [[Circe]] the goddess-sorceress, daughter of the sun god [[Helios]] and the [[Oceanids|Oceanid]] [[nymph]] [[Perse (mythology)|Perse]], Eurylochus and Odysseus draw lots to lead a group of twenty-two men to explore the island. Eurylochus is chosen.<ref>[[Homer]], ''[[Odyssey]]'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.178-10.207 10.205]; [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [[Epitome]] 7.14</ref> After the crew spots a column of smoke, Eurylochus leads his expedition towards the source. They near a palace surrounded with wild but magically benign animals.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.208-10.260 10.212]</ref> Inside the palace is Circe singing, and (led by [[Polites (friend of Odysseus)|Polites]]) all rush in, except for Eurylochus who suspects her treachery.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.208-10.260 10.221]</ref> When she turns the rest of the expedition into pigs, Eurylochus escapes and warns Odysseus and the portion of the crew who stayed on the ship, thus enabling Odysseus to attempt a rescue.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.208-10.260 10.231] & 258; Apollodorus, Epitome 7.15–16</ref> When Odysseus goes to save his men, Eurylochus refuses to guide him and urges him to escape and leave the men to their fate.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.261-10.301 10.265]</ref>

When Odysseus returns from Circe, having rescued the men, Eurylochus insults Odysseus.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.428-10.474 10.435]</ref> Odysseus considers killing him but the crewmen drag them apart.<ref>Homer, ''Odyssey'' [http://data.perseus.org/citations/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-eng1:10.428-10.474 10.439] & 440</ref> After their reconciliation, Circe advises Odysseus to see the prophet [[Tiresias]] for advice to get back home. Tiresias instructs Odysseus not to touch the [[cattle of Helios]], but Eurylochus persuades the hungry and mutinous crew to kill and eat some of the god's cattle. As punishment, Odysseus's ship is destroyed, and all of his crew, including Eurylochus, are killed in a storm sent by [[Zeus]]. Only Odysseus survives.