The godlike herald of Troy, father of Dolon the night-spy — a man rich in gold, bronze and iron, whom Dolon named when he begged Odysseus and Diomedes to spare him for ransom.1
Homer calls Eumedes a godlike herald and makes him the father of Dolon, the swift-footed Trojan who alone among five sisters had a brother. When the spy was caught on the plain, he cried that his father in the strong-built city of Troy had store of gold and bronze and iron, and would pay a great ransom if he learned his son still lived among the ships.2
He must not be confused with Eumedes son of Melas, one of the victims in the Calydonian feud between Tydeus and the sons of Melas — a different man in a different house, sharing only the name.3
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