Perimedes (Ancient Greek: Περιμήδης) in this atlas entry is one of Odysseus' loyal comrades on the return from Troy. In the Odyssey he holds the sacrificial victims with Eurylochus at the pit of blood in the house of Hades and helps bind Odysseus to the mast at the Sirens. He is not the Cephallenian suitor from Same, nor Eurystheus' Tirynthian son.
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I.Comrade of Odysseus
When Circe sends Odysseus to Oceanus and Hades, Perimedes and Eurylochus hold the black victims while the hero digs the pit, pours libations, and summons the shades. After the Nekuia he again serves at Circe's counsel: he stops the comrades' ears with wax and lashes Odysseus to the mast so the hero alone can hear the Sirens and live.
Pausanias saw Perimedes among Odysseus' comrades on the chest of Cypselus at Olympia — carrying black rams as sacrificial victims beside Eurylochus, the same office Homer assigns at the pit of Ocean.
II.Homonyms
Several figures share the name. Perimedes of Same is a suitor of Penelope (perimedes-same). A Tirynthian Perimedes is son of Eurystheus (perimedes-eurystheus). Others include a centaur at the Lapith wedding, a Phocian father of Schedius, and a Trojan defender in Quintus. This entry is only Odysseus' shipmate of Odyssey 11 and 12.