Eurylochus

In Greek mythology, Eurylochus, or Eurýlokhos appears in Homer's Odyssey as second-in-command of Odysseus' ship during the return to Ithaca after the Trojan War. He was also a relative of Odysseus through marriage.

When the ship stopped on Aeaea, home of Circe the witch, Eurylochus was chosen by lot to lead a group of men to confront her. He suspected her treachery from the beginning, and when she turned the rest of the men into pigs, Eurylochus escaped and warned Odysseus and the rest of the crew that had stayed on the ship, thus enabling Odysseus to save his crew.

However, Eurylochus often disagreed with Odysseus. Although Circe instructed Odysseus not to touch the cattle on the island of the sun god Helios, Eurylochus convinced the hungry men to kill some of them. As punishment Odysseus' ship was destroyed and all of his crew, including Eurylochus, were killed in a storm sent by Zeus.

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Eurylochus was also a Spartan general during the Peloponnesian War. He fought and was killed at the Battle of Olpae.