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"Eumaeus is the most admirable character in 'The Odyssey'" How far would you agree with this statement?
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"EUMAEUS IS THE MOST ADMIRABLE CHARACTER IN 'THE ODYSSEY'" HOW FAR WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT? CLASSICAL CIVILISATIONS ESSAY BY DANIEL HORTON H OMER'S 'THE ODYSSEY' CONTAINS MANY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. SOME ARE monsters, some are slaves, some are beautiful and cunning women and some are powerful kings. In Homeric literature, a character is either good or bad depending on their xenia or shape (e.g. Charybdis). However, from reading 'The Odyssey', one can see the admirable characters and the not so admirable characters. Such characters have either good or bad xenia, old or young, male or female, some can be a menial as a slave (such as Eumaeus) and some can be as great as a Troy hero and king (such as Nestor). This is an exploration of whether or not Eumaeus is the most admirable character in 'The Odyssey' or not. We first meet Odysseus' swineherd in Book Fourteen in the porch of his hut....
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