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Eumaeus [yoo-mee-uh s] Examples noun (in the Odyssey)
- the faithful swineherd of Odysseus.
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But he succeeded so well that Eumaeus had no suspicion who his strange guest could be.
Various
Eumaeus and the cowherd went out into the court, and Ulysses followed them.
Andrew Lang
And in like manner Eumaeus prayed that Ulysses might return home.
Homer
Then he roused Telemachus, Philoetius, and Eumaeus, and told them all to put on their armour also.
Homer
On hearing this Telemachus smiled to his father, but so that Eumaeus could not see him.
Homer