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  • He was round-shouldered, black-skinned, and curly-headed, his name Eurybates; and Odysseus honoured him above all his company, because in all things he was like minded with himself.

    Book XIX Homer 1909

  • What Palamedes, what Sisyphus, what Eurybates or Phrynondas could ever have devised such guile?

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • What Palamedes, what Sisyphus, what Eurybates or Phrynondas could ever have devised such guile?

    The Defense Apuleius 2008

  • There was another illustrious deed done too by Sophanes; for when the Athenians besieged Egina he challenged to a fight and slew Eurybates the Argive,1434 one who had been victor in the five contests1435 at the games.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • He tells us that Nestor will name five men for the embassy to Achilles — Phoenix, Big Ajax, Odysseus, Odios, and Eurybates.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • For heralds — I choose Odius and Eurybates to escort our embassy.

    Ilium Simmons, Dan 1981

  • Eurybates, and Odysseus honoured him above the rest of his company. '

    The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy Padraic Colum 1926

  • _Eurybates_ (or Eurybatus) coupled with Phrynondas by Plato

    The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914

  • What Palamedes, what Sisyphus, what Eurybates or Phrynondas could ever have devised such guile?

    The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914

  • But Agamemnon did not forget the threat that he had made Achilles, and called his trusty messengers and squires Talthybius and Eurybates.

    The Iliad of Homer 1898

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