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Ormenus

SYRIA (Mythical lands) ANCIENT GREEK WORLD
The father of Ctesius and grandfather of Eumaeus (Od. 15.414).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
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Eumaeus

He was the loyal swineherd of Odysseus, son of the king Ctesius from the isle of Syria (Od. 15.400, 14.3, 17.200, 22.280).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
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Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
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Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
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Eumaios. The faithful swineherd of Odysseus, who gave his master a friendly welcome on his return home in the guise of a beggar, and aided him in the slaughter of the suitors.

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
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Eumaeus: Perseus Encyclopedia

Perseus Encyclopedia
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Syria

A mythical island above Ortygia, situated at the western ends of the earth (Od. 15.403).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
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Ctesius

Son of Ormenus and father of Eumaeus (Od. 15.414).

Perseus: Homer, Odyssey
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