When Eurylochus was young, he married Ctimene, the sister of Odysseus, and became his brother-in-law. Known for his courage and loyalty, he joined Odysseus in the Trojan War as second-in-command of the Ithacan forces. For ten years, he fought beside Odysseus, watching his commander lead with brilliance and pride. After the war, he followed Odysseus on the long and dangerous journey home, trusting his leadership through every trial they faced.

Eurylochus was there during their first major mistake—when the crew opened the bag of winds too early, blowing them off course. He witnessed the deaths of their comrades in the land of giants and narrowly escaped alongside Odysseus. On Circe’s island, he watched some of his closest friends turned into pigs. Though initially skeptical of Odysseus’ decisions, he helped the crew recover and continue forward. But with each new loss, Eurylochus began to question Odysseus’ leadership. After seeing how easily Odysseus could sacrifice others for the mission, his trust began to break.

Everything changed during the Thunder Saga. When Odysseus sacrificed six men to Scylla without warning the crew or offering a plan to save them, Eurylochus finally confronted him. Furious that Odysseus chose strategy over loyalty, he accused him of losing his humanity and forgetting the value of the lives they were supposed to protect. The confrontation escalated into a sword fight, and just before Odysseus could kill him, another crewmate—Perimedes—stabbed Odysseus from behind, siding with Eurylochus.

After that, Eurylochus became the voice of reason and leadership among the surviving crew. But when they reached the island of the Sun God, hunger overcame him. Ignoring Odysseus' pleas, Eurylochus killed one of the sacred cattle. The punishment was immediate. Zeus appeared in wrath and gave Odysseus a choice: save the crew or save himself. In the end, Odysseus chose his own survival. Zeus struck down the crew, including Eurylochus, who died in the ocean, betrayed and abandoned by the man he had once called his leader and brother.

Eurylochus' legacy is that of a man torn between loyalty and justice, someone who loved his crew, his wife, and his home, but could not stand by as others were led to their deaths. Though he died a follower, he lived as a man who refused to be silent in the face of wrongdoing.