Eurymachus

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• Eurymachus, an Ithaca
  Ithaca
  
  Ithaca or Ithaka is an island in the Ionian Sea, in Greece, with an area of 118 km? and three thousand inhabitants. It is an independent Communities and Municipalities of Greece of the prefecture of Kefalonia and Ithaka Prefecture, and lies off the northeast coast of Kefalonia....
  n nobleman and the son of Polybus
  Polybus
  
  Polybus was one of the pupils of Hippocrates, and also his son-in-law. He lived on the island of Kos in the 4th century BC. With his brothers-in-law, Thessalus and Draco , he was one of the founders of the Dogmatic school of medicine....
  , was, by the reckoning of the goddess Athena
  Athena
  
  In Greek mythology, Athena is the shrewd companion of Hero and the goddess of Hero endeavour. She is the virgin patron of Athens, which built the Parthenon to worship her....
  , one of the two leading suitors of Penelope
  Penelope
  
  In Homer's Odyssey, Penel?pe is the faithful wife of Odysseus, who keeps Suitors of Penelope at bay in his long absence and so is eventually rejoined with him....
   in The Odyssey, by the great Greek poet Homer
  Homer
  
  Homer is traditionally held to be the author of the ancient Greek language epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey, as well as of the Homeric Hymns....
  . He, along with all the suitors, plot Telemachus' death as he goes out of Ithaca, to King Nestor and King Menelaus. Eurymachus was duly killed by Telemachus's father, Odysseus
  Odysseus
  
  Odysseus or Ulysses , in Greek mythology , was a legendary Greeks king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's Epic poetry, the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
  , on his long-awaited return. One of the 2 lead suitors.

• Eurymachus was the son of Antenor and Theano
  Theano
  
  Theano was the priestess of Athena in Troy. She was the daughter of the Thracian king Cisseus, wife of Antenor , and mother of many sons. The household of Antenor and Theano advocated peace and advised Helen's return to the Greeks....
  . He was engaged to Priam
  Priam
  
  In Greek mythology, Priam was the king of Troy during the Trojan War and youngest son of Laomedon. Modern scholars derive his name from the Luwian compound Priimuua, which means "exceptionally courageous"....
  's daughter Polyxena
  Polyxena
  
  Polyxena - ???????? was known to be a beautiful Troy princess from Greek mythology. She is the youngest daughter of King Priam of Troy and his queen, Hecuba....
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History

• Eurymachus also refers to one of the 180 Theban soldiers who were taken prisoner in the Theban siege of Plataea
  Plataea
  
  Plataea or Plataeae was an ancient city, located in Greece in southeastern Boeotia, south of Thebes . It was the location of the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC, in which an alliance of Greek city-states defeated the Persian Empire and ended the Persian Wars....
  . All of the Theban soldiers were killed after the Plataeans brought everyone living outside of their walls into the city after unrequited negotiation with Thebes's nightly backup troops. Thucydides
  Thucydides
  
  Thucydides was a Greeks history and author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century B.C. war between Sparta and Athens to the year 411 B.C....
   states that Eurymachus was "a man of great influence at Thebes," and that the Platean, Naucleides, arranged with him to bring in "a little over 300" Theban troops in the middle of the night, for a sneak attack. This event touched off the Peloponnesian War
  Peloponnesian War
  
  The Peloponnesian War which lasted from 431-404BC was an Ancient Greece military conflict, fought by Athens and its Athenian empire against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta....
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