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  • "Eurypylus," said he in his dismay, "I know you want me badly, but I cannot stay with you any longer, for there is hard fighting going on; a servant shall take care of you now, for I must make all speed to Achilles, and induce him to fight if I can; who knows but with heaven's help I may persuade him.

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1868

  • Neoptolemus who slays Eurypylus, son of Telephus, the making of the wooden horse, the spying of Odysseus and his theft, along with

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • And with these two there went a third leader, Eurypylus, a godlike man, son of the lord Mecisteus, sprung of Talaus; but strong-voiced Diomedes was their chief leader.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Lescheos says that Axion was the son of Priam and was slain by Eurypylus, the son of Euaemon.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Eurypylus the son of Telephus arrives to aid the Trojans, shows his prowess and is killed by Neoptolemus.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Machaon was killed by Eurypylus, the son of Telephus.

    Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica 2007

  • Yes, I said, and I do not believe that there were any such diseases in the days of Asclepius; and this I infer from the circumstance that the hero Eurypylus, after he has been wounded in

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • Eurypylus; the remedies, as they conceived, were enough to heal any man who before he was wounded was healthy and regular in his habits; and even though he did happen to drink a posset of Pramnian wine, he might get well all the same.

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

  • Eurypylus came to Troy and deployed his men on the battlefield, where—naturally—he is said to have fought with distinction.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • Eurypylus after he has been wounded drinks a posset of Pramnian wine, which is of a heating nature; and yet the sons of Asclepius blame neither the damsel who gives him the drink, nor Patroclus who is attending on him.

    The Republic by Plato ; translated by Benjamin Jowett 2006

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