They felt their knees fail, and their hearts – but heart
Eurymachus for the last time rallying them.
"Friends," he said, "the man is implacable.
Now that he's got his hands on bow and quiver
he'll shoot from the big door stone there
until he kills us to the last man.
Fight, I say,
let's remember the joy of it. Swords out!"
—The Odyssey,
Homer
Read each passage. Compare Eurymachus, the speaker in the first passage, to Odysseus, the speaker in the second passage.
How are Odysseus and Eurymachus similar?
Both are in charge of a group.
Both are powerful motivators.
Both are loyal to their families.
Both believe that the gods will help them.