I’ve seen that Eurylochus is actually Odysseus’s brother-in-law, and I’ve seen posts about when Odysseus finally gets home and having to tell his sister what happened to her husband and all that.

But what I keep thinking about is how in “Mutiny” Odysseus has the line “…brother, you know you’d have done the same.” Do you think he’s thinking about his sister? Like is he mad that Eurylochus isn’t willing to do anything to get back to Ctimene (I think that’s how that’s spelled.)

Epic Odysseus is obviously a family man, so I feel like while he does care about his crew, he cares more about his family, including his sister. Meanwhile, Eurylochus seems like he cares more for the crew, like obviously he wants to go home, but he isn’t willing to sacrifice any crewmen. (Not saying either one is more right than the other, I totally understand both sides.)

Anyway, I just keep thinking about Odysseus being pretty upset and mad at Eurylochus about that, like “how dare he not be willing to do anything to get back to his wife. I threw my humanity (and an infant) away for my wife, I sacrificed my friends for my wife, I would do literally anything to get home to her. How can he not understand that, how dare he not do the same for my sister.”