Eurylochus
Second-in-command of Odysseus's crew who led the mutiny that killed the cattle of Helios and doomed the entire ship.
The Legend of Eurylochus
He was the only man who did not eat Circe's food — his caution saved him once, and his rebellion killed him later. Eurylochus was Odysseus's brother-in-law and the crew's second voice. At Circe's palace, he alone refused to enter and eat, escaping the transformation into pigs. His caution saved the scouting party. But on Thrinacia, it was Eurylochus who convinced the starving crew to slaughter Helios's sacred cattle while Odysseus slept. His argument was practical: better to die by divine wrath on a full stomach than starve slowly on a beach. Zeus killed them all. The same instinct — distrust of the unknown — made him wise at Circe's door and fatal at Helios's pasture.
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Fun Fact
Eurylochus married Odysseus's sister Ctimene — making the mutiny a family betrayal as well.
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