person
Eurypylus
also: Eurypylus, Eurypylum
A Greek warrior at Troy who, wounded in battle, appears in a Latin tragedy (drawn from Ennius/the Iliad, book 11) addressing Patroclus and bearing his wound with an even mind. Cicero contrasts his soldierly composure with the unmanly wailing of the raw recruit.
Reading notes
- Tusculan Disputations §2.38 Surely this man, at least, is Eurypylus
Eurypylus, a Greek warrior wounded in the Iliad (book 11) who appears in a Latin tragic adaptation; the speaker recognizes him from his soldierly composure. The quoted lines come from Ennius's version of the scene.